Chessie System Atlas paint matching

[Ed Kapuscinski]

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?

[unittrain]

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.

[u18b]

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.

[unittrain]

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.

[Bob Bufkin]

Ed, if the red is too much on one of the units just tone it done by some weathering.  Always worked for me.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

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...

[peteski]

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. 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Probably. Never thought to look it up since I thought I knew all about them. Looks like I was wrong.

[John]

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 ..

[jpec]

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...

Jeff