That's pretty close to what think most photos of SP box cars of that era look like, under average daylight conditions. The old Scalecoat I "box car red" looks quite close to

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AND, Star brand makes a very nice SP BC Red! And a Sunburn Red. bill jolitz

Nice results Bruce. I think you are exactly right on the colour wheel & your model has turned out a pleasing colour to me. Great “save”! I have as yet only “looked" at the model; was thinking

Good save indeed! Joe Binish New Hope MN

Color is always subject to so many variables. Below is an ebay link to a 1955 Slide that is pretty close to the rapido color. Southern Pacific boxcar Scott McDonald

Rob, I have been looking for color photos of any B&O brown boxcar for years, along with others, and they are pretty limited. I skipped some steps in my weathering process, like the reweigh/repack

According to a post on the S4 society board (British) Iain passed away in his sleep this morning. R.I.P. Steve (I am hoping the moderators will forgive me straying a bit from the topic, given

The popular Funaro Reading Boxcars have all the Brake equipment on one side as well. Scott McDonald

I’ve built cars that were converted from KC to AB brakes with all three brake components mounted on the brake cylinder side of the center sill. Perhaps that arrangement simplified piping and

Your left hand car is what it looks like after it rains, under medium dark clouds. And your right hand car is what it looks like on a sunny day in the southwest, around

I could swear we have discussed these cars in the past, but my memory ain't what it used to be. I think. Now what were we talking about... ? On 10/4/2022 11:07

Ted Culotta's model On 10/7/2022 4:36 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Some more Ft-M's. That photo of 97085 is one of the Colonel McCoid photos from Bob. Ft-M's from 1953, 1956, 1964, and so on - some rebuilds paired as a

Shoot me now. Another color controversy. I was about to paint 3 more SP BX-13/-14 Sunshine kits, when my Rapido SS USRA cars showed up (left in photo). And what is this? poop brown? Following a long

It's your railroad, but I think the prototype was concerned with weight balance. Alex Schneider

I don't have any MILW drawings or diagrams, but as an engineer, I would have stuck all the AB brake components on the same side, as drilling holes through center sills or routing piping below the

T-J Model Trains and Things in Pasco, WA keeps a large inventory of detail parts in stock, including DA & DW. They bought the Precision Scale company a few years ago when it was going out of

From their January 2022 price list - Detail Associates info: Detail Associates PO Box 3052 Monterey, CA 93942 email: dadetails@...

Some major Wabash boxcar classes with models: Speedwitch made conversion kits for the Wabash AAR 1942 and 1946 boxcars. These are different from the standard 1937 design because they have solid side