Okay Pieter, with that photo you've open a can of very interesting worms. What caught my eye is the CNW boxcar with the "400" logo. At first glance it looks like the day one comes home with a new model fresh from the box! No apparent weathering for such an old car, so it might have just come from the paint shop. Also the roof seems to predate the Murphy style. It again looks like it might have been a sample model before the roof detail was added!
I might add that most of Jack Delano's shots seem to have been shot with Kodacrome film. Back in the day it was available in the 4 x 5 size sheet film. Since the 4 x 5 camera is fairly large and generally is used with a tripod it took Jack the better part of an hour to get that shot. Additionally the film's ASA rating was about 15 at best you had to be very careful about the exposures--remember the government was paying for it. Kodacrome is a unique film as most color films have long since gone really off color and the images are disappearing but Kodacrome holds it own fairly well. RIP Kodacrome!! Bob Werre BobWphoto.com > > > Since this thread some days ago, I ran across a link on another list > to one of the fabulous Jack Delano WWII era photos on Shorpy which > just happens to feature an IC GS gondola in the foreground. I haven't > studied the cars in detail, but at first glance possibly combining Ed > L's Sacto 2011 SP gon kit with ends from the DPH USRA gon would be > close. If combining those two cars is too costly, ends from an AF > gondola might do (although you lose the inside rib detail). > > Also lots of neat loaded cars, a Ball Line Mather boxcar, a > far-traveling Boston and Albany box car and a PRR quad hopper so dirty > it looks like it's painted black are visible in the photo. > > http://www.shorpy.com/node/1605?size=_original > > Have fun! > > Pieter Roos > [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: [email protected] [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/
