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Post by stratcatgenius on May 19, 2009 0:19:27 GMT -5
Hey folks,
Trying to restore a badly abused yet salvagable HO MDC Consolidation as an SP C-9...
Not sure from pictures whether there was any grey used on the engines themselves (smokebox, firebox sides), or if it was just silver and black. I see graphite suggested on one color chart...?
Also, any ideas what the correct color for the inside of a cab would be?
What length of Vanderbilt did these have? The model comes with a short one, but I see pics with what look like longer tenders.
Not a lot of SP reference material here in Canada, so I'll be hoping you folks can steer me in the right direction.
Thanks,
GENE
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Enzo Fortuna
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Post by Enzo Fortuna on May 19, 2009 6:10:40 GMT -5
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Post by stratcatgenius on May 27, 2009 14:11:15 GMT -5
Enzo - thanks muchly! That's some great info!
GENE ;D
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Post by Enzo Fortuna on Jun 26, 2009 6:12:45 GMT -5
....Also, any ideas what the correct color for the inside of a cab would be? GENE Gene, I've some additional "first hand" info to add here! I've some mail with Bob Pecotich, an SP book author and a former SP employer .... and very detailed info are arise from him! I'm sure he agree to share here too: "Easy question, my friend. Wood (roof interior liner, tongue and groove 1 by 4s) and backwall surfaces were seafoam green, the same color as the inside of the caboose interiors. Boiler backheads were, of course, black, except for boiler serial number/test pressure plaque, which was brass . Globe and g at e valve handles were Se at and Sash Red (same color as the injectors and boiler check valves). Throttle lever handles and brake valve handles were n at ural brass. The inside surface of the metal cab roof was lined (or covered) with wood which was painted seafoam green, a light shade of green. This was the same color that was used on SP caboose interiors. “Lined” means that the metal cab had a layer of wood attached to the inside surface of the metal. This was done so that the heat from the black cab roof caused by hot sun would be insulated from the cab interior. The wood was typically 1 by 4 inch tongue and groove wood boards. This means that the wood boards were 1 inch or 2.5 centimeters thick by 4 inches or 10 centimeters wide when rough-cut (before finish smoothng), and had a 0.6 centimeter square ridge (tongue) on one 2.5 centimeter edge and an identical dimension square groove on the opposite edge. This kept the boards in vertical alignment, tongue into groove, as the wood aged. Bob Bob is a great man! You agree? Cheers |
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Post by stratcatgenius on Oct 8, 2009 21:49:42 GMT -5
Wow - that was detailed. Again, much thanks. Details for the model should be arriving sometime this month, and then it is paint time! GENE
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