Red Bird Red

[NW Modeling List]

As a non-modeler of N&W and therefore a bit of a bystander (if not unbiased), one only need to look at the April-June 2007 cover of The Arrow to form an opinion of N&W Tuscan Red.   There are five elements in the train - A K2, three head end cars and a coach.  All five have a different shade of "red". depending on their original color, resultant weathering since last painted, and road dirt acccumulated since the last washing.  Which is the "right" shade?  Seems to depend on what you want to represent.  Modelers are artists, and therefore artistic eye and license are both required and allowed.  Do what looks right to you on your layout!

Dave Stephenson


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> My own observations were that the Red Birds were much

> redder than the cars they pulled...which were older,

> somewhat faded, and weathered. So were there different

> reds? Who knows for sure?

> 

> Bill McClure

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