The new SSA boxcars from DPH are nice, and one feature can be a bit of a test to identify whether a potential purchaser is a real model railroader or a toy-train person. That's the roof over-spray. He who sees it on the SSA cars and compliments you for that realistic touch is a model railroader. He who simply thinks its sloppy model painting is - - - well, an opportunity for education.
I ran into some resistance in that respect at a train show a couple weeks ago. As a result, I asked on the Modern Freight Car [yahoo] List and came up with some photos of real freight cars with paint over-sprayed onto the roofs. I will print out o few of them to help with the sales, and I here share them with you. They are not necessarily cars represented in what's available from DPH, one's not even a boxcar, but they should do the trick. http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=13482 http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=21571 http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=28198 http://www.shultzinfosystems.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=20144&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 Tom Hawley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
