The June 2008 Model Railroad Craftsman has an article on super detailing this locomotive, you should also add the lift rings at the back of the unit, another Cal-Scale Part #190-497.
Rick J
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Trueline trains is coming out with C-liners. http://www.truelinetrains.ca/locomotives/ho---fm-c-liners The PRR color is too green for my taste but is easily corrected with a very light flat black over spray. It does look like a very nice model and at least its near the right color and has the antennas.
Pete
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mx1045Does anyone know where i can find the train antenna for the roof and some diagrams to install it correctly?
Cal-Scale #190-498 is for the C- liner. A call to Bowser might be in your future. You may want to use the black one as practice.
Thanks. That whas the information i was looking for.
So the ones i have are
as delivered: 9448A
shopped: 9448A 9448B 9451A
Does anyone know where i can find the train antenna for the roof and some diagrams to install it correctly?
Kind regards
Thomas
The PRR used DGLE as the standard locomotive paint until the PC merger. When it was started is conjecture but evidence was from the 1850s. Up until the 1930s the lettering was gold leaf until Dulox gold was instituted. Yellow was never a striping or lettering color. The railroad called it Chrome Yellow and in between dulox and chrome yellow was buff.
Pennsy's Dark Green Locomotive Enamel, aka Brunswick green, was described as, "A gallon of green in a tank car of black." In low light or overcast conditions it looked black. As the paint aged, the green became more noticeable - but it never appeared green-green.
Interestingly, the same shade is referred to by the military as, "Low visibility paint."
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - where green rolling stock was neon green)
Gidday, to the forum.
Not a PRR man, but it would appear that this was the colour scheme,hope these may help....................
http://www.byz.org/~morven/Railway32/diesel/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alcomike/6813359400/
https://0553ec56-a-2430870c-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/truelinetrains.ca/tlt/locomotives/ho---fm-c-liners/PRR2.jpg?attachauth=ANoY7cpzXYU6dR39rndkC80OONMgjEF4dCFsbBJ_8c-RKuzZ
http://www.billspennsyphotos.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=81623704
I hope someone who knows what they're talking about can give you a definitive answer.
Cheers, the Bear.
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I have recently aquired a complete A-B-A consist of Proto1000 c-liners lettered for PRR.
Can anyone tell me something about paint schemes. I already had one a-unit completely black with yellow stripes including one above the cab windows the other do not have this stripe.
The new ones i have got are in a very dark green color with beige lettering and stripes.
When did the PRR change this?