I think alot of the stockcars were whitewashed inside with lime and also on the Katy cars with the black and yellow sides I believe the black was a tar product, probably coated inside also.
gale hall ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Werre To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:26 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Stock car question... While the topic of stock cars has been approached...Don, have you found a safe way to remove the roof of your stock cars? I'll agree with Bill and state that the wooden cars wouldn't have had the slats painted. Metal cars might be another question, but I'd bet they still used lead paint into the 60's on the last of the stock cars. I would love to get the roofs off and then weather the inside a bit, add straw bedding and non-smelling additions to that straw! I think one could make some very nice 'cow pies' with a hot glue gun or even some blobs of older thickened paint. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx On 8/29/12 10:34 PM, Don Thompson wrote: I have a question and I know some of my buddies on this list have or work for railroads. The question is about the inside of a stock car. Were the boards painted on the inside or just the outside when these wooden cars were built? Any help would be appreciated... Don
