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						15 years 11 months ago		 -  14 years 1 month ago		#6687
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				matching paint for Union Pacific locomotives was created by slugger			
			
				I need help trying to match paint to Union Pacific railroad. I want to use Polyscale paints and I was wondering if Union Pacific uses the yellow from CNW colors. the polyscale color chart has U.P. yellow but its not even close to the color i'm thinking of. the yellow i'm trying to match is the main yellow on the flag paint style on U.P.'s engines.
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						15 years 11 months ago				#6695
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				Replied by Gerd on topic Re:matching paint for Union Pacific locomotives			
			
				Hi Steve,
as far as I remember I have used 2/3 UP yellow and 1/3 CNW yellow to match. But you have to try to match what you want. The problem with all UP unit photos is the yellow looks always different, depending on e.g. light conditions and at the end what camera has taken the picture. I'm always suprised when I take pictures with the digicam and compare them to the real thing.
					as far as I remember I have used 2/3 UP yellow and 1/3 CNW yellow to match. But you have to try to match what you want. The problem with all UP unit photos is the yellow looks always different, depending on e.g. light conditions and at the end what camera has taken the picture. I'm always suprised when I take pictures with the digicam and compare them to the real thing.
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						15 years 11 months ago				#6696
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				Replied by BillMock on topic Re:matching paint for Union Pacific locomotives			
			
				Hi Steve,
I just ran into the same problem. I only had to paint some sunshades, so my paint match wasn't that critical. But I found that the Poly Scale Reefer Yellow was a lot closer match than the UP Armor Yellow, when trying to match the existing paint on my MTL GP35.
I was quite surprised as well.
Good luck!
Bill Mock
					I just ran into the same problem. I only had to paint some sunshades, so my paint match wasn't that critical. But I found that the Poly Scale Reefer Yellow was a lot closer match than the UP Armor Yellow, when trying to match the existing paint on my MTL GP35.
I was quite surprised as well.
Good luck!
Bill Mock
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