Puddington, before this gets out of hand, I want to make it clear that I didn't get into this
with the intention of singling out and bashing a manufacturer. I see a color problem, I photographed it,
and even though we can't count on our monitors being calibrated, I know I can see the problem with my eyes
and I'm just hoping that enough of that variation can be seen in our on-line JPG files.
Admittedly, I know nothing about how this stuff gets produced overseas, so thank you for setting me straight
on that point.
I am dismayed to hear that no samples are made and checked before whole runs of these things are produced.
I would have thought that even having them done in China, there would be a cycle of samples and approval before
producing hundreds or thousands of cars.
Putting aside the problem of monitor variation, I can tell you that
when I look at the cars I with my eyes, I can clearly see that the Rapido car is darker than
the Con-Cor, Kato, Walthers, and custom-painted Kato F units I have. I am not relying on color matching
on monitors to make that determination.
When is it a real color variation vs just blow-harding from overly picky modelers?
I have run strings of cars that do not quite match, and it normally does not bother me.
But when you put a string of passenger equipment (engines and cars) on a table, whether it be PRR,
NP, or anything else, and one car stands out from all the others, I can't say that's "picky".
In good faith, you have said you will ask your colleagues what they know about the NP green color.
I completely take you at your word. There is most likely nothing to "know".
I suppose I would be interested in knowing how you translated the color from the NPRHA card to a formula.
Maybe there is something wrong in that process.
