Colours for CN red?

[Accurascale Fran]

Hi everyone,

 

I am currently working on an Athearn Genesis SD70I which had been turned out in a dodgy faux Irish livery! It has been stripped, rebuilt and is now to be painted into its true colours of Canadian National.

 

However, I'm having trouble acquiring the correct paint colours, especially the red. Could anyone recommend colours which would be close to the red, white and black of CN? I will need to be able to source them in Ireland or have them shipped here, which may rule out some North American retailers so pardon my awkwardness!

 

Many thanks for any suggestions,

 

Fran

[Ozexpatriate]

Here's the official corporate image page, with photographs. This feels like the "true" livery colour. You can download the logo on the logo tab. I think the CN logo is fully saturated red, like the national (maple leaf) flag. RGB = 255,00,00, but download the logo and do a colour check.

 

I suspect the livery red is approximately the same colour but I can't tell for sure. I would think signal red would work. Red is very sensitive in photographs and a lot of the photos I looked at had an orange tinge, particularly with sunset photos but I think the true colour is pure red.

 

These are my opinions only. I'm not speaking with any authority here.

[davknigh]

You should be able to find what you need here; http://www.truelinetrains.ca/paint-accessories IIRC red #11 is the standard CN colour but more info is available here: http://cnlines.ca/modelling/paint.php

 

HTH

 

David

[Accurascale Fran]

Thanks guys, I shall investigate!