Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

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Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby Alpenfreight » Thu Aug 06, 2015 5:54 pm

Hello All,

It was brought up in another thread that some people were interested in this, and LordMannu said it was alright, so I am looking at releasing my reskin of the ALCO FA-1. It is not extremely accurate, it is actually my first repaint. The silver might be a bit light because I made it to match the F7 locos of Lord Mannu's pack.

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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby BoostedFridge » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:04 pm

It looks great!
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby StrategyFirst » Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:40 pm

BoostedFridge wrote:It looks great!

Yeah it does!

Plus, you're the only one to do this, I think. I will enjoy this very much until the PA-1 comes out with the complete set. Even then, I'll still mix them. !!*ok*!!

Thanks for your excellent work, although I do agree that the silver could be a bit more darkened. !*salute*!
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby MadMike1024 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:28 am

One thing to consider; Silver is not just a shade of gray. It has specks and highlights of red and blue that give it life. I downloaded a metal texture and added it as a cut out layer and got fair results.
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby Bananarama » Thu Aug 13, 2015 11:42 am

Nice start. Keep in mind though that the Indian head always faces the A-end of the loco. :D
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby Alpenfreight » Thu Aug 13, 2015 11:46 am

Hack wrote:Nice start. Keep in mind though that the Indian head always faces the A-end of the loco. :D


What exactly do you mean? Are they backwards?
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby buzz456 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 11:53 am

Alpenfreight wrote:
Hack wrote:Nice start. Keep in mind though that the Indian head always faces the A-end of the loco. :D


What exactly do you mean? Are they backwards?


The one on the right side of the picture.
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby Bananarama » Thu Aug 13, 2015 12:07 pm

If ATSF had owned FAs, then the B-unit in the 3rd image would also need to be reversed.
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby StrategyFirst » Thu Aug 13, 2015 4:03 pm

Hack wrote:If ATSF had owned FAs, then the B-unit in the 3rd image would also need to be reversed.

What he means is that the Indian head logo needs to face the same direction on both sites of the locomotive, and always face towards the front unless an A-unit is reversed.
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby dcshoe » Sun Jun 12, 2016 9:32 am

The more I look at it, the better I like it. May I have a copy, please?
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby Alpenfreight » Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:28 pm

buzz456 wrote:
dcshoe wrote:The more I look at it, the better I like it. May I have a copy, please?


Strategy First is no longer with us on the forum.


I was the one who painted this. Sadly it does not exist anymore, lost in a harddrive reformat
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby Bananarama » Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:08 pm

Shame - it was a great looking repaint.
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Re: Santa Fe ALCO FA-1 Repaint

Unread postby thirdrail70 » Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:27 pm

I like it. Great job.

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