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- July 18, 2022 at 1:06 pm #6619
Does anyone have any insight into the selection of blue and gray for the Eagle colors? Who chose them? Why?
July 26, 2022 at 11:10 pm #10510True Color paint has several that are for the blue and gray.
Bill Basden
July 28, 2022 at 9:59 pm #10511Thank you, Bill!
But I think my question is misunderstood: I am not asking about selecting modern paints for models. I am asking who selected the colors when MoPac dieselized and why, if such information is available.
August 7, 2022 at 1:14 am #10513True Color has Eagle Blue and Eagle Grey, as well as Jenks Blue.
My favorite color story:
M1 Modeler with Blue Loco
M2 Know it all ModelerM1 showed up one day with a Loco painted Blue. (Do not remember the names)
M2: What color is that?
M1: Jenks Blue
M2: No it is not, not enough green.
M1: Yes, it is Jenks Blue.
M2: I know what Jenks Blue looks like, and that is not the same!
M1: Well, I got a can of paint from the MP Paint shop, and this is the actual paint MP used to paint Locomotives.
M2: OhAugust 7, 2022 at 1:07 pm #10514I think there is a misunderstanding.
I am not asking about choosing paint for a model.
I am asking who chose the blue and gray for the prototype and why. Why that color combination?
August 10, 2022 at 11:16 am #10515Raymond Lowery who designed the first Eagle passenger train chose the colors and management obviously approved the choice.
August 10, 2022 at 11:56 am #10516Obviously
I don’t suppose he left any documentation explaining the choice.
considering the situation in MO during the Civil War, the combination is appropriate, but I don’t suppose he was cognizant of that.
September 13, 2022 at 2:13 pm #10521I think Lowey just liked combining blue and gray. The 1939 gray was lighter but tended to fade and got replaced by a different formulation. Lowey designed the paint scheme for Air Force One which uses a lot of blues, whites, and complementary colors.
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