> What did DL&W use A standard EMD "yellow" - DL&W expert modelers swear that Accupaint Light Imitation Gold is dead-on correct. > and which did EL use? What year? :) They had at least two different shades, perhaps three. > What do various decal makers use? Who knows! Supposedly, the Microscale DL&W set is matched to the aforementioned Accupaint color. > How close can home-made (color printer) decals come? Not easily - it involved dithering to get the appropriate color, and in the smaller scales (and even O scale, for that matter) you get a bit of noticable "dots" The only real way to do it is correctly match ink and silk screen or pad print it. - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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