11-14-2010, 07:54 PM
Good-looking picture and model, Greg, but a couple of minor points if you're looking for prototypical accuracy. It's difficult to read, but if the re-weigh date is May 1942, the Gothic paint scheme is too modern. If, on the other hand, the re-weigh date is May 1962, the Gothic lettering is correct, but the Andrews trucks are an anachronism, having been banned from interchange service in 1954.
As an aside,a similar paint scheme was also applied to some wood-sided cars after 1960, although the SP herald was the older style bar-within-a-circle. The scheme on your car dates from 1962.
These minor points certainly don't diminish your very convincing photo, though.
Wayne
As an aside,a similar paint scheme was also applied to some wood-sided cars after 1960, although the SP herald was the older style bar-within-a-circle. The scheme on your car dates from 1962.
These minor points certainly don't diminish your very convincing photo, though.
Wayne