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Re: Sunshine Models Louisiana & Arkansas Howe Truss Boxcar / galvanized roof paint failure

Eric Hansmann
 

Attached is an edit of another Jack Delano photo that shows paint failure on a coupe box car roofs. While the paint failure areas seem like the same shade of gray from a distance, there are hints of grime and soot when you zoom in closer.
 
And check out that yellow M-K-T box car. The roof doesn't even seem like it was painted.
 
 
Eric Hansmann
Murfreesboro, TN
 
 

On 09/12/2022 1:06 PM CDT Todd Sullivan via groups.io <sullivant41@...> wrote:
 
 
Charlie,

I think your observations about galvanized roofing being a consistent color on a particular car.  That's what I have observed when researching weathering for some of my models.  I have used one color for the galvanized patches, and that has looked realistic.

Todd Sullivan
 

 
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