[PRR-talk] Cabin Undercarriage paint color

[Bruce Smith]

On May 8, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Robert Ring wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I understand that at any given time paint shop personnel might have  
> ventured away from the standard Pennsy practice and painted  
> something a little different than was currently in favor. Thus we  
> end up with cupolas in red with black roofs at a time of all black  
> ones. We end up with red trucks verses black ones. It becomes a  
> mini-mystery when it's time to paint our Cabin models  
> authentically. My question is concerning underneath the cabin. Not  
> the trucks so much as the rest of the paraphanailia losely  
> classified as "the undercarriage". I'm a 1951 vintage modeler. I'm  
> inclined to go with black down there. But were they red just as  
> often I wonder, or never perhaps. Whats do you really know on this.  
> Thank You
>
> Bob Ring

Bob,

As oft repeated by Elden Gatwood in TKM, all (metal) surfaces were  
FCC.  Of course, weathering can make the underbody look almost black,  
but the trick is that there are still areas that have that FCC color  
shining through.  That's why I always paint the underside of the car  
FCC and then weather appropriately.

Regards
Bruce

Bruce F. Smith
Auburn, AL
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/bruce_f._smith2

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