06-05-2012, 10:23 AM
It probably doesn't make a whole lot of difference, but of course the actual color on the underframe and trucks, regardless of the base paint, is a cruddy brown made up of lube oil, rusty water blown up by the traction motor blowers, general dirt, etc. -- so the shiny black trucks you'd start with by transplanting the BNSF-painted units would have to be weathered pretty much the same way the silver ones would. I'd keep the trucks where they came from and hit the underframes with the weathering crud no matter what.
The BNSF scheme I agree isn't as good as either the ATSF or BN schemes, but it's slowly growing on me. In fact, in the 1970s, I really, really hated the Family Lines scheme, but 40 years later I'm sorry so few models come out in it!
The BNSF scheme I agree isn't as good as either the ATSF or BN schemes, but it's slowly growing on me. In fact, in the 1970s, I really, really hated the Family Lines scheme, but 40 years later I'm sorry so few models come out in it!