UP HW cars

[buzz456]

It's interesting that the gray in your photo is actually lighter than the color I used on the model for the sim. This is typical of the challenge of trying to make colors look realistic in the sim.

[gtw5812]

It's interesting that the gray in your photo is actually lighter than the color I used on the model for the sim. This is typical of the challenge of trying to make colors look realistic in the sim.

That photo you have looks like a display car, with sun fading on top. Also, after 1952, the trucks were silver. I think yours are very nice, I just thought you might be interested.

R/
Galen

[harryadkins]

Why not use the UP colors from either the G-Trax or DTG cars. They look good in the sim.

Harry

[buzz456]

The yellow is the same color, the gray just about 4-5 points lighter on the RGB scale.

[kris120]

Guys, please don't take the subject of colors so pedantically: there are no "right" colors !
Colors are objectively correct only for a certain locomotive or car and only at a certain time. And our memory deceives us enormously !
We had a discussion years ago on rail-sim.de about the right colors of a german "Schienenbus":
https://www.eisenbahnfreunde-zollernbah ... 090407.jpg
The colors on the photo are about appropriate today. I went to a rail museum at that time and saw a Schienenbus in restoration, whose paint was sanded through to the original paint. It was a much bluer red than in the photo and in my memory.
Then last week I discovered something else, Roger Bee showed it: Not even railroad companies stick to their color schemes.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/railbee/2 ... ateposted/
That certainly applies to the UP as well. No matter if the paint is new or old and dirty.
Better be happy about variety !

[buzz456]

Thank you Kris. After living most of my life near the UP I can report that it is truly amazing the difference as UP yellow ages and from years ago when they still ran passenger trains you would see different shades within a consist. I did how many locos in that hood series and nary a comment about color. I recently darken the alpha quite a bit particularly on the roof since depending on the light it showed as near white at high noon. Further I trend toward using 3D cloudy for the sky and it shows things a lot different from the default sky. Then add in the difference in monitors and you add another variable.

[Chacal]

The CN black and red livery is beautiful, but it fades out to black and pink.

[buzz456]

The CN black and red livery is beautiful, but it fades out to black and pink.

Huh?

[AmericanSteam]

The CN black and red livery is beautiful, but it fades out to black and pink.

Huh?

Red always fades in the sun.

[buzz456]

Why not use the UP colors from either the G-Trax or DTG cars. They look good in the sim.

Harry

When I'm wrong I admit it. I keep digging until I find out what's what. Harry you made me look back one more time and I was getting the gray from the wrong place on the G-Trax texture. I fixed the problem and I think now everyone will be happy.

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[AmericanSteam]

New colors.

https://youtu.be/7kp6FAUFzug

[Chacal]

Now available in the file library.

[buzz456]

Loco not new.

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[Chacal]

CP cars now available in the file library.