@MELGAR posted:The B&M paint scheme is very well executed but the maroon color is quite shiny, especially in comparison with my Sunset/3rd Rail EMD B&M GP7 #1562 (see photo) that was delivered earlier in 2021 and my other B&M diesel models.
@Hot Water posted:For what it's worth, every, and I mean EVERY, locomotive that came out of the EMC/EMD paint shop at the McCook, Illinois plant, was "shiny". There was really no other way to spray those lacquer paints of those days, and the men took great pride in their paint jobs.
So the gloss paint would have been applied to all models, not just F/E units? Was this unique to the McCook plant? Did they also do painting at the Muncie, Indiana plant?
It's interesting how EMD was involved in the painting process. I've read that their design department provided livery designs for many of their customers, so in many cases the paint schemes railroads used weren't designs they came up with, but those that EMD designers had prepared for them.
