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Ed Kapuscinski

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Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« on: December 27, 2013, 02:21:02 PM »
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I'm going to start working on my pair of Chessie geeps, and I need to do some detail painting.

Does anyone have any good recommendations to match the blue, yellow and orange that Atlas used on their GP40s?

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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2013, 08:48:29 PM »
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I think I read that Atlas uses the Accupaint formula for the Chessie yellow ,B&O blue and Vermillion but some say that the orange (vermillion) is off. I have only painted B&O units myself and use Polyscale B&O royal blue all my Chessie units are factory paint.

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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2013, 12:13:56 PM »
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Ed,

May sound like a dumb question, but do you have an early release GP40 or one of the newer (DCC ready) ones?

Reason I ask is because the early Atlas China Chessie attempts were too red in the orange.  The original Atlas SD7/9 made by Kato looked good, but when Atlas went on their own, they struggled a bit to get the color right.  It wasn't until about the U25B that they adjusted it to a better hue.


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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2013, 04:50:54 PM »
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In my opinion their best Chessie colors are on the SD35,U23B I also like the Bachmann Chessie colors on their GP7, I like all my Atlas units I got like 20 Chessies and the paint on all is pretty accurate. One example of paint variation is the SD50, the unit with the B&O markings is lighter yellow and the C&O marked unit is the more accurate darker slightly orange yellow.

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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2013, 06:39:34 PM »
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Ed, if the red is too much on one of the units just tone it done by some weathering.  Always worked for me.

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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2013, 01:31:03 AM »
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Much to my chagrin, they're the pre-DCC ones.

I didn't realize Atlas had even made geeps that weren't DCC ready. Ya learn something new every day...

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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2013, 03:24:31 PM »
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Much to my chagrin, they're the pre-DCC ones.

I didn't realize Atlas had even made geeps that weren't DCC ready. Ya learn something new every day...

I bet that this is mentioned on Mark's (Spookshow's) website.  :trollface:
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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2013, 07:27:12 PM »
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Probably. Never thought to look it up since I thought I knew all about them. Looks like I was wrong.

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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2013, 08:08:11 PM »
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Probably. Never thought to look it up since I thought I knew all about them. Looks like I was wrong.

I have one of those ..

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Re: Chessie System Atlas paint matching
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2013, 08:22:42 PM »
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Ed,
I used Accupaint on those early Atlas Chessie Geeps for the handrails and drop steps...unfortunately I don't think it is still available...

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