Southern Pacific in LEGO ...

[Gordon Werner]

QQ folks ... I would like to make a Southern Pacific GP38 or 40 ... do I use Dark Bluish Gray for the body color? what about the red on the nose? will LEGO's red work? or is it too bright?

thx

G.

[Chromeknight]

For those of us unfamiliar with what loco you’re talking about, perhaps a reference picture would help.

in terms of colours though, two quick points.
Lego bricks are in a limited range of colours, most of the time it is choosing ‘close enough’. 

And with the exception of a handful of colours, anyone can grab some colours and see how they look in real life. Have you done that? Not worrying about shape, just considering the questions asked above, does the grey look ok? And the red?

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Definitely dark bluish gray and standard red

[zephyr1934]

18 hours ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Definitely dark bluish gray and standard red

Not only they the closest Lego colors, they are actually pretty close (old dark gray might be closer, might not, but cost aside, the available parts are much more limited)

[Gordon Werner]

On 11/26/2021 at 12:11 PM, Chromeknight said:

For those of us unfamiliar with what loco you’re talking about, perhaps a reference picture would help.

in terms of colours though, two quick points.
Lego bricks are in a limited range of colours, most of the time it is choosing ‘close enough’. 

And with the exception of a handful of colours, anyone can grab some colours and see how they look in real life. Have you done that? Not worrying about shape, just considering the questions asked above, does the grey look ok? And the red?

When I tried to attach a photo the forum software says I can only post attachments of zero K

 

but this is what I am referring to: 

 

UPDATE: apparently I can now post image URLs that will show up

On 11/26/2021 at 12:29 PM, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Definitely dark bluish gray and standard red

awesome! Thx!

Edited November 30, 2021 by Gordon Werner