prr long haul tender
I'm ready to paint one of these (a bowser kit) and can not determine what parts of the back upper part of the tender are painted tuscan red. Is just the horizontal part red or are the doghouse, radio...
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It is not Tuscan, but is in fact red oxide primer. It is usually only on surfaces that are not visible to the public, such as the deck, and maybe the water hatch. I have never seen a picture of a...
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Soldier, I am trying to digest your explanation and reasoning the best I can, but am coming up puzzled as to where your info came from. First, it was not Oxide Primer and it wasn't applied to save...
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As a kid, I used to deliver newspapers to a man who in his younger days had been a car shop foreman, and paint shop foremen at various times during his PRR career. There where many times that I spent...
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uppaxfan,Every PRR steam cab roof I've seen, including those recently out of a paint shop, has been black. The few tender decks I've seen have also been black. Most, not all, the color photos I've...
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Thanks to everyone for the help. I've learned a lot that I will use in my painting. Beyond the areas of agreement (such as some tender deck parts were never anything but DGLE), it sounds like there is...
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