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Re: (erielack) DL&W F3 Questions

Bill,

Your first question is one of those which one has a natural tendency to 
respond with "yes but of course!" But then you start looking to confirm 
it and the answer isn't quite so simple. So you look through a bunch of 
photos and it just seems to muddy the water.

The fact is, since the doorways were so far inset from the edge they are 
almost always in the shadows if you can even see them at all. I found 
two photos of 800 series units which kind of shows the door frame area 
and one seems to suggest yes there is a diaphragm there and the other is 
inconclusive. I had always assumed there were diaphragms and was 
planning on using the American Model Builders part. When you find out 
the definitive answer let me know. :)

Now for question two, I "thought" when we were dealing with Athearn on 
this we said to match AccuPaint AP-60 Light Imitation Gold for the 
yellow. Maybe Paul can verify or dispute that. AP-60 is what I used and 
it seemed a good match to me.

Regards,

Will

William E. Botkin wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have two questions regarding DL&W F3s as it relates to the HO Athearn Genesis freight and passenger F3s.
> 
> 1) Did either the freight or passenger F3s have diaphragms between the A and B units in A-B-A sets in the early 1950s?  If so, has anyone modeled this and with what diaphragms?  
> 
> 2) I purchased the red emergency light casting and lens from the ELHS for my freight F3s.  Does anyone have the yellow paint match for the casting for the Athearn Genesis F3s?  My existing bottle of Scalecoat EL Yellow is too yellow.  The color seems more toward the orange shade.  The article in the ELHS "From the Workbench" by Tom Schmieder references the match for the Stewart F3s using Poly-S CP Orange-Yellow.
> 


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