Dominic Mazoch posted:I think items, especially high end should be painted according to any prototype out there or paint chip, balanced to normal daylight. And put that notice in the catalog, and on the net version.
Even something painted the right colors ballanced for daylight is going to look different under a light nallanced for something else.
This way, Lionel, or any importer can cut down problems from the get go.
Now, if Lionel wants to produce liveries never done, they can go for it....
I'm EXTREMELY happy and very thankful for so much of the new scale products Lionel has come out with. (new diesel tooling, scale autoracks, hi-cube auto parts boxcars)
But the color and graphics problems have been a huge issue for me.
I'm a graphic designer by trade, and nothing makes me more frustrated than paying big bucks for models with stretched out or squashed logo graphics, and really bad color choices.
I'm with you on the "balanced daylight" issue too. Their colors are often way too dark and over-saturated.
Almost all the manufacturers in other scales understand this. Maybe Lionel should by some Atheran, Atlas, and Scale Trains HO models for accurate color reference?
I'm looking forward to the new catalog. I hope to see some GP40-2LW units in the CN zebra scheme and maybe some GTW GP38-2s
