Playing with paint schemes

[Kisatchie]

Ah, your photo source(s) are better than mine for Chicago Great Western locos.


Hmm... how does Kiz live
with the embarrassment...?

[jmlaboda]

Lets not forget Chicago & Eastern Illinois... while having the ampersand the line also had three names...

[wcfn100]

Lets not forget Chicago & Eastern Illinois... while having the ampersand the line also had three names...

That opens to a whole new list, AD&N, SP&S...

Other roads displaying three names without would be ACL and FEC.


Jason

[wazzou]

Chicago Great Western.  Of course many have tried to put an ampersand in there.


Jasom

Change your name?   

[wcfn100]

Change your name?   

New wireless keyboard for my Surface, it's quite compact. 

Jason

[sirenwerks]

Took the criticisms to heart and started over.  Decided on more time-appropriate color scheme and chose something that would stand out against other schemes but also be familiar, and would be easy to pull off.   Note that the red appears much darker in Gimp and the stripe is a light, warm grey, not white; not sure how to correct that here but you get the gist of the graphical direction I've chosen to start with what would be an early 50s scheme on this RS3 (imagine lots of grime when it's finally on the layout, when the layout's finally built). 


Multiple views (showing the straight across nose wrap ala LNE) and lettering to come; as are some color variations and modernized versions that break away from this towards paint-saving brown paper bag looks and get early safety stripes on the side sills. I'll come back with more images as soon as I have a few versions of this scheme ready first though (black roof version, white text name spelled out above stripe on long hood, black text name spelled out on stripe, logo on cab, logo on long hood...).  Truly a work in progress...

[central.vermont]

One thing that I see you may want to change is to make the stripe not so wide. I would raise the lower edge to meet the top of the short hood walkway. This will make it much easier for you to decal when you do this stripe.


Jon

[Rich_S]

Don't forget Kansas City Southern:

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/kcs/kcs0159jpb.jpg

and Grand Trunk Western:

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gtw/gtw1202alr.jpg


Hmm... rats, I can't
think of any others...


http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gtw/gtw1202alr.jpg

I was thinking more along the lines of North East railroads since that is the location of sirenwerks railroad. The GTW would fit into that category but in later years they went with two big block letters

http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/60164/title/grand-trunk-western-sd40-2-235936/cat/562

The "Lucky Strike Road" is a good example of three words on the hood, even though they are a Granger road. What I liked about the CGW is the name was not in a large font, so it was not overwhelming.

As for the latest scheme, I like it. It has a prototype look while not being an exact copy of a prototype railroad.  Now the decision, put the road name in the red above the gray band, or put the road name in the gray band? or simply go with a logo in the gray band on the cab side?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I also like this direction.

One other thing I could see is making the stripe narrower, having it intersect the top of the radiator louvers, and putting the name in it in black, kinda like the Raritan River.
http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/8/9/1/5891.1239659627.jpg

I also really like the cream color too.

[davefoxx]

I like the new scheme on that RS3.  I agree that moving the bottom stripe up to above the battery doors would make it not only easier for you to decal, but also for the fictional locomotive painters.  I'm actually okay with the top of the stripe where it is, because it fits neatly under the cab windows.  I suggest the roadname be placed above the stripe on the long hood, so as to not be hidden by the handrails.

DFF

[davefoxx]

By the way, your scheme made me think of this:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=17048

And, if you ever look to update to a more simplified scheme, here's your inspiration:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2857935

In other words, very plausible.  Nice work.  I look forward to seeing this on the model.

DFF

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I'm just going to leave this here...

[Ed Kapuscinski]

This is fun.

[davefoxx]

I'm just going to leave this here...

I like it, Ed.  A lot.  But, I wonder if, especially being Alcos, if there's going to be a lot of oil staining and boot scuffing under the hood doors with that light-colored stripe sitting on the walkway like that?  Raise it up a little, perhaps?

DFF

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Oh, there will be. But... they wouldn't discover that for a year or two after they left the factory.