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Paul1953Charter Member · 1297 posts

LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-04 AT 05:07 AM (EST)

Hoping to speak with those who have experience in painting the 3DTS SD70m. This is My first attempt at a repaint, and is modeled after the ONR SD70 I #2100. I am having trouble locating parts in the following areas:1) the left side where the 2 blue stripes run from the hood down to the walkway, end abruptly at a yellow coloured piece of metal , that I think should be painted to match the hood.2) the area around the number boards should be yellow.3) the steps front and rear should be dark, possibly black4) the top of the nose should be dark blue, although, this could possibly be left alone, at least until a real ONR fan gives me grief about it! We'll see...and yes, the logos on the hood sides are a little small , but that can be easily fixed later.In any case, any advise on the above either thru here or offline would be most appreciated.Thank you, Paul Watson
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RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, DualFlag, Aug-12-04, 11:32 AM, (1) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, CPR_9102, Aug-12-04, 03:15 PM, (2) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, smp11512, Aug-12-04, 04:33 PM, (3) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, Paul1953, Aug-13-04, 01:19 AM, (4) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, adamb, Aug-13-04, 01:22 AM, (5) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, Paul1953, Aug-13-04, 03:56 PM, (6) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, NewEnglandRailFan, Aug-13-04, 04:39 PM, (7) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, Paul1953, Aug-13-04, 08:50 PM, (8) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, zhivago47, Aug-14-04, 05:23 AM, (9) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, ASR_Q301, Aug-14-04, 06:28 AM, (10) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, Paul1953, Aug-14-04, 05:28 PM, (13) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, Paul1953, Aug-14-04, 05:14 PM, (12) RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70, Paul1953, Aug-14-04, 05:11 PM, (11)

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Paul1953Charter Member · 1297 posts

RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70

It will be a while,still looking for those parts! Paul Watson
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adambCharter Member · 1017 posts

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Looking good That model is one of the worst to skin I did a repaint of it into Conrail (its in the lib.) and it sure wasnt easy. A lot of trial and error and using bright paint on unknown parts got me there in the end Cheers
Adam

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Paul1953Charter Member · 1297 posts

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DualFlag's version turned out amazingly well done. So I guess this would be another one of those "hit and miss' propositions. Paul Watson
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NewEnglandRailFanMember since Jun-18-04 · 632 posts

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>That model is one of the worst to skin I did a repaint of
>it into Conrail (its in the lib.) and it sure wasnt easy. A
>lot of trial and error and using bright paint on unknown
>parts got me there in the end But it was one of the best reskinnings ever made for MSTS in my opinion I really like those ON Rail EMD's. Paul: I dont think the plow is that shade blue is it? It seems a little bright.-Dave

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Paul1953Charter Member · 1297 posts

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Yes sir it is, one more thing to add to the corrections list, along with a darkened anti-climber. Paul Watson
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zhivago47Member since Jul-28-04 · 23 posts

RE: Ontario Northland RR SD70

Paul the best advice is the advice that AdamB said above, use a bright pink, a bright purple, a bright green or anything that would stand out, paint the parts you cannot figure out with these various colors and then use Shapeviewer to see where these parts are on the engine, and believe me they will stand out and make a note of it then go in and repaint them the color they should be. Sometimes you may have to do one color at a time but it works. Sometimes the only way you can figure out what something is. Good advice Adam. Tim"May the great BNSF 38 pumpkin carry you to your new home, Cyndi and may you engineer her for an eternity"

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Paul1953Charter Member · 1297 posts

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Hi Mike! DualFlag's loco is awesome,.. mines just a good start! It would be fun to do up something involving the ONR stock already in the library, along with what you see above.Hmmmm, let me see...... Paul Watson
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Paul1953Charter Member · 1297 posts

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Agreed! and it makes perfect sense. I'll bet some others new to this just went "Ahaa", like I did, reading it. The learning curve awaits! Paul Watson
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Paul1953Charter Member · 1297 posts

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Thanks Adam, thats good advice, and will make the process a lot easier. Always good to learn new things Paul Watson
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