One's Own Paint Schemes

jtomstarr Dec 15, 2022

  1. jtomstarr

    jtomstarr TrainBoard Member

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    How many of us have made Duplicate copies of existing Locomotive to Freight Car Drawings in order to Create your own in-house spinoff Railway, Short Line Railway Line or A Lease Fleet by coloring them in with COLORED PENCILS . Yes the OLD SCHOOL WAY ? Yes this has to be before The CAD software ! Sorry CAD Designers, you’re possibly too young for what I am attempting to say here. Below are two of my own ideas on the EMD SD40 Series!

    Tom

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  3. jtomstarr

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    Dan,
    CAD was not what I had in mind , did you read my post thoroughly or skim through it quickly?

    Tom
     
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    Hardcoaler TrainBoard Member

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    I'm literate, so was able to read it and thoroughly understand it, but thought my friend's excellent CAD illustrations might be of interest to others who haven't seen the precision it can produce. I have deleted it.
     
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    jtomstarr TrainBoard Member

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    You didn't have to .. Though I understand some of us may find CAD hard , easy to use.

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  6. gmorider

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    I always try to model GM&O. Therefore, I have not tried your idea. Sometimes a simple method is the best method. If you want better pencil coverage (may be overkill), try Berol Prismacolor pencils. These can be blended for more flexibility.
     
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  7. DanRaitz

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    I started out this way, but I then found two sites online that have downloadable drawings "PaintShop.Railfan.net" and "Trainiax.net". By downloading the drawing that you want and then opening it in MS Paint, no pencils are needed.

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    Anyone here able to identify this locomotive and what the Horsepower would be?


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    Looks like an EMD NW3 switcher. If so, 1000hp.
     
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