I think Randy overstated the stability of pigments. The UV in sunlight DOES change pigments. Tony Thompson

I occurred to me that I didn’t include paint failure, particularly on galvanized surfaces, in the discussion on weathering. Paint failure results from a combination of paint and surface properties

Awe, so that’s why they are referred to a ‘varnish’. I always wondered about that term. Nelson Moyer

I attached the second attempt at SFRD paint colors. The first attempt was too yellow on all cars. This one is good for L (lighest) and J (next lightest), but E and H are too orange, even though they

I think that Nelson has described the difference between weathering and fading pretty well, with one cravat… If “fading” is the loss of color, this really isn’t what happens to the paints used

Yes l agree the roof is almost certainly unpainted galvanized metal, it has lost the polished silver look of new galvanized metal, it looks the same shade as the galvanized bucket l have. The bucket

OK, here’s my attempt to answer your question. Paint fading occur as a permanent phenomenon from sunlight exposure, while weathering usually applies to the rust, dust, dirt, soot, grime, salt,

I was enlarging this image on my phone and it’s pretty evident that the Alton boxcar’s radial roof is unpainted galvanized steel and the panel caps are also unpainted (note how shiny they are in

Weathering is the grime of steam engines and the track dust etc. Paul

Is there a difference between weathering and fading? I thought fading was due to weather. -- Ted Larson Trainweb.org/MHRR --- GN in 1965 --- NASG.org

Early automobile box cars are the topic of the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. Ray Breyer also shares a resource PDF featuring car designs of the 1905-1930

Tony that’s very true and with weathering Paul Doggett

I discovered the probable origin of the end marks on the Varney model: they also sold a Carnation reefer at the time which was marked RW-3 on the side. It's probably just their model number for the

I just looked at a couple of cars on the web; the Varney car pictured in one looked like it had a reweigh block similar to what Fruit Grower’s used, then I saw Walthers touting a Fairmont car as a

According to the Burlington Route Historical Society's Burlington Bulleting No. 28 at page 46, Fairmont leased 40 Fruit Growers Express 36000-series reefers from FGE subsidiary National Car Company.

While the early 1930's saw an explosion of refrigerator cars leased to small Western dairy and poultry establishments, the Fairmont Creamery Co seems to have been a little ahead of the curve, having

The 40' double door car looks like a Pere Marquette 93000 - 93399 car. Chet French Dixon, IL

Please remember that the color faded in service . Tony Thompson

I also have several Intermountain cars and it would really be good to match them as I also weather my stock it allows a slight variation. Paul Doggett

Since I model 1952, I am only concerned with the early orange. Since I have a bunch of Intermountain and CB&T cars, any resin cars are painted to match those. I would rather have cars that blend in