Working on the next ALTA Locomotive has been fun. This time it's an ALCO RSD-5 done up in the 1946 "Citrus" scheme. This locomotive so far has nicely fallen into place since I had most of the parts laying around already. Soon I need to make custom decals for the numbers & lettering, and then give it a layer of weathering.
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I'm so excited to show off a project 9(!) years in the making, the first SD45 painted in the Mexico68 paint scheme for my Alta California Railway.
I did that Tom Fawell inspired watercolor of the SD45 back in 2015 not long after I began working on the ALTA concept for the first time. Over the years a lot of refinement and changes were made to the railroad, its story, and the paint schemes.
The color scheme was directly inspired by the striking work done by a design firm for the Mexico olympics, the Magenta + Orange was used in some of the stadium decoration and wayfinding signage. Since the ALTA played a large part in transporting people and materials to the games, it was natural for the railroad to draw inspiration from it for the next generation of motive power on the railroad.
Now all that's left to do is final detailing, handrails and glass in the cab.
Check out the link below for an entertaining longform post on the subject of bringing ALTA cars to life in 1/87 HO scale for all of us to enjoy.
I cannot tell you how excited I am to bring the ALTA to life for the first time. I've been working on the ALTA as a concept since 2015 and this little FT locomotive will be the first 100% correct, 100% complete engine wearing the 1946 "citrus" scheme.