Broadway LTD N&W Class-J

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For over 30 years I've Scalecoat PRR #14 caboose red (before Scalecoat produced it's own N&W red).  We can debate what constitutes the proper color for N&W red for a lifetime. I remember different shades from personally viewing the late steam and early diesel eras up until the blasphemous application of Wabash blue.  Weathering, lighting conditions, dirt, and Lord knows what other factors affected the shade/tint.  Whenever you look at a color picture of N&W red passenger equipment there are usually multiple shades.  As mentioned in my prior note I have factory painted N&W steam locomotives from Overland, Key, and Sunset as well as 4 Broadway LTD plastic models.  Each Brass importer used a different shade/tint (and Key has different shades one on its Class-J and another on its K-2a) and Broadway LTD has 2 different shades/tints.  It's not worth a big debate.  They're all within the variety of shades/tints seen in the old N&W color pictures!  I like my PRR #14 Caboose Red!!!!  Pick the color you like and be happy!

Ed Painter Narrows, VA - (currently Russellville, AR)
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  So, ahem, he asks with glee, "what color was N&W Red"?  :)

  Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows
  Life is short; update your anti-virus software
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    Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:27 PM
    Subject: Broadway LTD N&W Class-J


    I received s stealth N&W Class-J 600 from Broadway LTD last week.  A couple of interesting facts;  first the locomotive was built in China, not Korea as with the first group from Broadway LTD (I have 612 & 613 of the initial runs), secondly, the paint is a bit more glossy and the N&W red is a bit brighter than on 612 & 613.  I also have brass factory painted Overland, Sunset, and Key J's as well as a Gem that I painted myself using Scalecoat PRR #14 red.  The newly released 600 compares well to the Overland model with the red being between the Overland and my Gem (a little more red than the Overland).  The model runs very and smoothly.  It operates well at slower speeds.  After getting it I wish the Korean 612 & 613 had the same paint qualities.  And...........I love the spoked pilot and trailing trucks.  As a kid growing up in Giles County, VA in the 50's and 60's I so vividly remember the spoked pilot and trailing trucks on the Z's and earlier Y's as they switched out coal and hopper cars at the Glen Lyn Power Plant where my Dad worked.

    Ed Painter Narrows, VA - (currently Russellville, AR)


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