I'm probably a little late to this dance, but I seem to remember both gray and seafoam green on prime movers on the SP. Tamiya makes a reasonable sort of seafoam green spray paint called TS60.
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dragonriversteelEdmund, Is that the old Alco NASA Marion crawler engines ? Love that machine.
Yep, sure is. I seem to recall watching the crawler-transporter in operation in the movie Apollo 13 and it sure sounded like they dubbed in EMD turbo diesel sounds
dragonriversteelGonna go with a darker shade of mint green for these 251's .
I found a Valspar* color called Flat La Fonda Mirage that makes a pretty good institutional "sea-foam" green color. Great for passenger car interiors, too.
*Rattle-can
EMD_567 by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's some on an EMD 567.
Good Luck, Ed
Cheers, Ed
Here is a startup video. Looks like a sickly hospital green to me.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
A few weeks ago I rode the CVSR, in their yard were some engine blocks and the ones I saw were painted green.
Edmund,
Is that the old Alco NASA Marion crawler engines ? Love that machine.
Gonna go with a darker shade of mint green for these 251's . Thank you for the information Edmund.
Patrick
Fear an Ignorant Man more than a Lion- Turkish proverb
Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.
Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.
BigDaddy I don't know squat, but weren't engines just the color of the underlying metal?
I don't know squat, but weren't engines just the color of the underlying metal?
Hello Henry,
I just learned that at least with Alco. The customer could have a choice of paint colors. Orange,gray or a mint green color. Gonna go with a darker mint green for my power units.
Dunno Ed. Marine engines maybe ?
Phantom hobbies 3D prints other different cylinder Alco & EMD engines. Shoot,they even print N scale GE FDL engines.
I plan on making a back up power generator set with these Alco 251 for my scrap yard. Should they lose power to the EAF. Gonna be a neat scene.
dragonriversteel Once again, I humbly call on those with knowledge. Thank you. What color paint would Alco engine paint be ? The kind they spray down the engine block,covers and pipes etc. Just picked up two Phanton Hobbies 3D PROTON printed Alco 251 18 cylinder engines . This will be a totally new material to work with. Kinda excited about these new engines. Either flat car loads or emergency power or stuck inside a shell or whatever. The ebay seller also has HO EMD 567 18 cylinders engines. He did have other Alco & EMD engines available but they sold. Just passing info on.
Once again, I humbly call on those with knowledge. Thank you.
What color paint would Alco engine paint be ? The kind they spray down the engine block,covers and pipes etc.
Just picked up two Phanton Hobbies 3D PROTON printed Alco 251 18 cylinder engines . This will be a totally new material to work with. Kinda excited about these new engines.
Either flat car loads or emergency power or stuck inside a shell or whatever. The ebay seller also has HO EMD 567 18 cylinders engines. He did have other Alco & EMD engines available but they sold.
Just passing info on.
What are 18 cylinder EMD's and Alco's used for?
Grey looks like the promising color.
Ed
This one isn't in a locomotive but it is nice to look at:
Alco_Nasa by Edmund, on Flickr
American Locomotive Co. had some pretty mechanics back then.
ALCO_251 by Edmund, on Flickr
Unfortunately this is under High Pressure Sodium lighting so it has an orange tint to it.
ALCO_251cc by Edmund, on Flickr
ALCO_251cc_crop by Edmund, on Flickr
IF I were shooting a prime mover I would probably look for D&H Gray or Erie-Lackawanna gray.
My New York Central painting diagrams list the engine room color as "Dupont Duluxe Suede Gray" so that might get you in the right direction.