Tom, I also was very impressed in the over spray effect on the DesPlains cars. Nice feature for sure!
When I started my own business in 85', one of the first assignments I got was to a brochure for a large printing company. We wanted to show the 'largeness' by the quantity of paper they used--aka boxcars full of the stuff! My idea was to get on the roof and shoot down on a fork lift driving a large roll of 'web' paper out of the boxcar. I lucked out to find a very nicely painted (roof included) BN green boxcar at the dock. The forklift driver laid down his bridge plate (see a very old issue of the Dispatch for instruction on making one). I was within a minute of completing the shot when a SW switcher showed up and insisted on moving that car. They replaced it with one with the over sprayed galvanized roof that was rusty to the hilt! This is what makes a photographer loose his hair!! Bob Werre BobWphoto.com Tom Hawley wrote: > 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=13482> > http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=21571 > <http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=21571> > http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=28198 > <http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=28198> > http://www.shultzinfosystems.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=20144&g2_imageViewsIndex=1 > > <http://www.shultzinfosystems.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=20144&g2_imageViewsIndex=1> > > > Tom Hawley > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [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/
