Empire Builder
Great Northern fanatic
Does anyone know where I can find one of these Amtrak Dash 8-32BHW's in ''Pepsi can'' paint with a black roof ?
hyrail5 said:I don't know that anyone sells them with a black roof. I'd suggest a custom painter to add the black to the roof based on photos.
Do you frequent eBay? You could probably find one on there.Empire Builder said:No, I think Walthers made them like that at one time because that pic of one pulling the cars was a picture from Walthers 1998 reference catalog; that picture was of a train set that Walthers used to make.
P.S. I've seen slightly inacurate paint schemes on other locos that walthers used to make, example: an F40PH in phase 4 with black all along the top (baically it was as if you an F40PH in ph.2 or 3 and took the stripes off it and added phase 4 stripes to it) I kinda like the slightly inacurate paint schemes that Walthers has done in the past, except that they discontinue them and replace them with the acurrate paint schemes before I even knew that Walthers was making them.
uspscsx said:Do you frequent eBay? You could probably find one on there.
astrosa said:Why do you want to repaint the Dash 8 with a black roof? Looking at that photo from the catalog, I think it's just the lighting that makes you think the roof was black.If you look at the chassis and trucks, those are definitely black, but the body is just a very dark shade of gray.
Also, take a look at the following photos: http://www.hebners.net/amtrak/amtF347_359/amt358d.jpg
http://www.hebners.net/amtrak/amtF360_390/amt374h.jpg
You still think that Phase IV paint scheme is inaccurate? Incidentally, both of those F40PHs were formerly used for the Florida Fun Train and were then repainted to get them back in Amtrak colors.