09-25-2015, 01:38 PM
Ok, some updates here to those who may be interested.
I'm actually kitbashing a B-A car. The ones built in the fifties with dome platform. After looking at a few pictures on Ian Cranstone's website, I started to think Bachmann's paint scheme wasn't as suspicious as I previously thought. I was curious and took the most likely picture of a BAOX tank car to be painted in the two-color scheme.
Slightly adjusting contrast in Photoshop immediatly yielded some interesting results. As you can see (circled in yellow), the car's ends are clearly darker than the upper tank body. Such demarcation doesn't exist on the inferior part. Also, the "B" from the B/A logo is painted on a "green droplet". The droplet background color is quite similar to the tank car. The "A" background is red and there's definitely a sharp contrast with the tank. Also, you'll see the red color is almost similar to the black part, which is a common occurence with B&W photos. Other interesting facts are that I'm seriously thinking the platform was black with green railings and ladders. Final touch, the horizontal stripes are indeed darker than I thought. The yellow-orangish color is more than probable.
I can't believe nobody seems to remember clearly such an attractive paint scheme!
As for the green shade, according to the B/A logo, it was slightly lighter than the green "droplet"... somewhat similar to Bachmann's color.
Matt
I'm actually kitbashing a B-A car. The ones built in the fifties with dome platform. After looking at a few pictures on Ian Cranstone's website, I started to think Bachmann's paint scheme wasn't as suspicious as I previously thought. I was curious and took the most likely picture of a BAOX tank car to be painted in the two-color scheme.
Slightly adjusting contrast in Photoshop immediatly yielded some interesting results. As you can see (circled in yellow), the car's ends are clearly darker than the upper tank body. Such demarcation doesn't exist on the inferior part. Also, the "B" from the B/A logo is painted on a "green droplet". The droplet background color is quite similar to the tank car. The "A" background is red and there's definitely a sharp contrast with the tank. Also, you'll see the red color is almost similar to the black part, which is a common occurence with B&W photos. Other interesting facts are that I'm seriously thinking the platform was black with green railings and ladders. Final touch, the horizontal stripes are indeed darker than I thought. The yellow-orangish color is more than probable.
I can't believe nobody seems to remember clearly such an attractive paint scheme!
As for the green shade, according to the B/A logo, it was slightly lighter than the green "droplet"... somewhat similar to Bachmann's color.
Matt
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