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Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:24 pm**

I really like this livery. !!*ok*!!

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:58 pm**

Awsome work bro how bout some of these? Any chance to get some of these my friend !*snd-help*!

SP Kodocrome *!greengrin!*

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:21 pm**

How about this one if you get the chance?

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=820146
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1861220

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:39 pm**

That's pretty much all there is to say about this.

Just so people know why I'm obsessed with the Boston and Maine, well before I was born the B&M mainline went right through the middle of my town. The highway my former highschool is now on was once double track, and there are still signs of the railroad in some places, like the remnants of bridge piers where the Portsmouth, Kittery & York RR streetcars went over the B&M and a turntable by the side of the road. The B&M is sort of my hometown railroad, even though the tracks were torn up in the late 50's and by the time I was born the B&M had already been eaten by Guilford (now Pan-Am).

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:26 pm**

Man, you guys just gotta tempt me into starting another one don't you *!rolleyes!*

But, I'd be lying if I said I didn't really want to do Kodachrome anyway.

Well if I'm gonna do one, might as do all 3:

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:32 pm**

I think the GP9 will be the most repainted U.S. loco in Railworks history.

Posted: **Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:51 pm**

Awsome work thank you so much for these.. Hey bill did you ever finish that Kodochrome SW1500?

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:09 am**

BNSF650 wrote:Awsome work thank you so much for these.. Hey bill did you ever finish that Kodochrome SW1500?

Nope gave up on it.. Curves are my worst enemy. ATSF seems to have mastered them..

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:13 am**

Ah sorry to hear that man,.

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:40 am**

Actually, I'm pretty bad at curves too. So I cheated a little. Since the Kodachrome scheme uses the same curves as the ATSF Warbonnet scheme, I simply took Derek's ATSF GP9 and used the select by color tool in GIMP to trace an outline that I was able to transfer onto my repaint. As you can see, it worked pretty well.

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:21 pm**

Looks look it worked really good !!*ok*!!

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:20 pm**

Boston And Maine is coming along well. But I can't seem to find any good reference pictures for the font used on the side of the cab. So far, this is my best guess:

I also can't find shots that show the steps behind the cab in good detail:

Can anyone help? !*don-know!*

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:52 pm**

Il try to help out here are some B&m photos

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2577843

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1014022

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2577876

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2344831

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2577844

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:12 pm**

I now this isn't what you're looking for but thought I'd throw it out there anyway.

boston-and-maine-1.gif

Found at this site: http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1609.htm
I didn't see anything about copyright on that page. *!!wink!!*

There's a file in the library here called 500 Fonts. http://railworksamerica.com/FileLibrary ... -2011.html
You can probably find something pretty close in one of them.

Posted: **Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:48 pm**

I already have the 500 fonts download. Luckily one of those pictures that Eric posted has the best side shot of the cab I've seen so I'll keep going through them and see if anything looks a little closer.

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