@GregM posted:Sorry, I can’t stop laughing, that is truly hideous.
That's the split pea express.
That's the ugliest green I've seen in a while, I'm sure that doesn't match any prototype. 
I was on the fence about ordering the GN. Not any more. RICH
@gunrunnerjohn posted:That's the ugliest green I've seen in a while, I'm sure that doesn't match any prototype.
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OK Rick, I forgot that particular prototype. 
Let me suggest a couple of options for Lionel. Sell than at half price and let the buyer repaint them or throw them in the paint stripper and sell them as factory prototypes. Besides the green whats with the white smokeboxes?
Pete
Oh come on Pete! A little Harry Heike weathering won't fix this one? 
I mean, if any one can turn a dud into a stud, it’s Harry, but he might be putting in an all nighter on these...
There is a proto-type. The green may have come from Steamtown. The paint used on the 0-6-0, there. There was an on-staff historian that verified the color, supervised the paint job.
Cloudy day, looks pretty good. IMO. Mike CT. (My pictures).
@Mikado 4501 posted:I mean, if any one can turn a dud into a stud, it’s Harry, but he might be putting in an all nighter on these...
Agreed,
Harry does good work. But we shouldn't have to rely on him to fix Lionels mistakes.
I will be repainting this one in the correct colors soon for an individual.
This is why I don’t preorder anything from them anymore.
@Mike CT posted:There is a proto-type. The green may have come from Steamtown. The paint used on the 0-6-0, there. There was an on-staff historian that verified the color, supervised the paint job.
Cloudy day, looks pretty good. IMO. Mike CT.
This, does not look like this:
@RickO posted:
They just aren't close.
@Andrew B. posted:This, does not look like this:
They just aren't close.
Agreed, Baldwin 26 is a greater shade of green and not the kind in soup. I'm glad all the B6's I ordered are black. You won't see any change on the color charts for that unless they made some glossy and others flat.
Sorry to resurrect this thread but I had a quick question about the previous 2015 release 6-82184. I noticed the lens on my rear light housing on the tender was missing and actually found it in the box. It doesn't appear to have anything broken off of it but it doesn't snap in either. My question is how are these held in the housing and how might I go about getting mine to stay put? Are these simply glued in from the factory or did a tab break off of mine? The housing assembly is no longer available from Lionel for this item.
I looked at mine, near as I can tell, it's just pressed in. I'd probably put a little canopy glue (Tester's Clear Parts Cement) on it and stick it back in. Once it dries, it should stay put.
Thanks for checking on yours and for the info. It's not intended to come out for bulb replacement or anything like that is it? I'm not sure how it all comes apart for that purpose.
It's an LED in there, don't think they planned on you replacing it. In any case, you can extract something if you use canopy glue, it's not that strong.
I found one of these left over in the PRR livery with the longer tender. It sounds like there have been a few issues with these. How has Lionel been about rectifying issues with them? Trying to decide if I should pull the trigger or not.
I purchased the Bethlehem Steel version during the President's Day sale at TrainWorld. Out of the box, it worked just fine and nothing was broken. Yes, the backup light blinking thing is there, but it only comes up without the LEGACY base plugged in. That aside, it works as should, and I'm controlling it via the LEGACY remote most of the time anyways.
@Mikado 4501 posted:I purchased the Bethlehem Steel version during the President's Day sale at TrainWorld. Out of the box, it worked just fine and nothing was broken. Yes, the backup light blinking thing is there, but it only comes up without the LEGACY base plugged in. That aside, it works as should, and I'm controlling it via the LEGACY remote most of the time anyways.
Cool. What a strange bug. Is it on all units or just some?
