05-13-2019, 11:13 PM
Thanks for that very useful link, Wallace, and 
to the posting side of Big Blue - it's good to have you joining in.
The info contained in the link will certainly be useful for Jim, but I think if I were doing the cars, I'd replace almost all of the end details.
Tony's version, in my opinion, suffers from the fact that the acquired car had been painted over the factory paint, and he then painted over that, making the end details, especially the latches and other door hardware, appear rather indistinct. I'm guessing that with the paint stripped-off completely, those details might be quite a bit crisper than one would expect, and in that case, the black paint which Tony used might have made that moulded-on detail look quite a bit better.
Fortunately for me, the helium cars are too modern for my layout, so no need for me to find out how hard I'd push myself re-doing those details. I have enough era-appropriate stuff to detail as is, so no shortage of things to be done.
Wayne
to the posting side of Big Blue - it's good to have you joining in.The info contained in the link will certainly be useful for Jim, but I think if I were doing the cars, I'd replace almost all of the end details.
Tony's version, in my opinion, suffers from the fact that the acquired car had been painted over the factory paint, and he then painted over that, making the end details, especially the latches and other door hardware, appear rather indistinct. I'm guessing that with the paint stripped-off completely, those details might be quite a bit crisper than one would expect, and in that case, the black paint which Tony used might have made that moulded-on detail look quite a bit better.
Fortunately for me, the helium cars are too modern for my layout, so no need for me to find out how hard I'd push myself re-doing those details. I have enough era-appropriate stuff to detail as is, so no shortage of things to be done.
Wayne