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Stars and Stripes

Nevada Northern's paint scheme design contest offered a somewhat rare opportunity for me to create a livery from scratch. I have mostly adapted paint schemes to fit new locomotives in recent times, so it had been a while since I started with a truly "blank canvas".

My concept developed pretty organically as I worked on the SD9 model. I started with a pencil sketch laying out the main "building blocks" of the scheme - the white cab and frame separating out big blocks of red and blue. After applying it to the 3D model, I tried alternating the colors asymmetrically across the hood and decided that I liked it much better that way.

I kept the undercarriage basic - for the most part. I have long been enamored with the idea of painting truck bearing covers, however, so I added some red-white-and-blue detailing to the bogies.

I decided to keep the long hood simple for ease of painting, but wanted to add some variety and visual interest to the short hood. I laid out white stripes on the red section, and the addition of stars to the blue section followed naturally. I chose the star size to fit within the circular plates on each side of the nose, while the spacing and arrangement of stars was basically arbitrary and mainly intended to complement the stripes on the other side. To my pleasant surprise, I discovered after wrapping the stars along the short hood that my arbitrary spacing had resulted in five rows of ten stars - fifty stars!

I added the Nevada Northern roadname along the rear of the hood, following the font and placement of the NN's historic EMD livery. I then added the railroad's logo to the front and rear of the unit.

When all was said and done, I thought that I had designed a scheme that was both visually interesting and practical to apply. Perhaps the time and effort involved will prove to be for naught, but I am quite happy with how it turned out.

Taken on: June 16, 2024

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