I would add that SHS didn't get it right quite on the UP F3's, either.
SHS's UP F3's had black fuel tanks, instead of gray.
Rich G(ajnak)
--- In [email protected], "up148" <up148@...> wrote:
>
> Had a long phone chat with the folks at MTH on some of the issues raised
> here. F unit paint schemes: questioned them on the UP and ATSF paint schemes.
> Said they did do research on them and those schemes did exist
>
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>
> Thanks for the reply Jeff. Sadly in there ignorance or arrogance they are
> wrong. I've been modeling the UP for 40+ years and I spoke with other UP
> modelers with even more years invested than me and no one has seen a UP
> scheme that resembles the catalog. I'm not saying a lone loco didn't sneak
> out of a paint shop somewhere temporarily, but none were shipped from EMD or
> operated (for long) with this scheme.
>
> I just wanted to refute their statement and set the record straight for all
> UP modelers. Please no further comments on this topic.
>
> Butch Holtgrieve
>
