New MTH Standard Gauge Blue Comet w/ 1990's cars?

I think it might be cheaper to have somebody install PS2 than buy a new loco.

Depending on how picky you are...I doubt the new loco would be an exact color match to the older cars.

Bluegill1 if this is the Lionel classics set I would leave it the way it is, sometimes you can get lucky and find a proto 1 or 2 blue 400e for the right price and that matches, just my opinion.

Ken

There is no one color for Blue Comets from the 30s. The Brass trim engine and cars were darker in color than the Nickel trim engine and cars.

 

I would not trade the Lionel Classic set for a PS-2 Blue Comet. There is the argument it is made by Korean brass and not a China product. It is said the Pittman motor in your set is better than the China motor.

There are 3 distinct colors from the originals, and many minor variations.  Blue colors "walk" all over the place and were affected by environmental conditions when drying.  Typically, the cars in sets matched perfectly.  Late in the game, the last hurrah so to speak, there are some mixed colors like they were clearing the shelves in the warehouse, but the trim was always consistent in the sets.

But do the Lionel Classics(1989-90) match the LTC cars of the past year???  And do they match the MTH Cars of earlier years.  I have an early MTH set which includes the HALLEY, painted by MTH using automotive lacquer...a bit dull compared to enamel cars!!!  I am going to sell this set!!!