Post by redp on Dec 22, 2009 20:42:10 GMT -5
This is a project I wanted to do for a long time and im really excited about starting it. I began looking for a PRR unit as a starting point, I found an Atlas unit factory painted in the correct number 2437, talk about luck. 
The reason I like this unit so much is because I model the year 1973. Paint jobs such as this were pretty much gone by the end of 1971, but the proto photo was taken 12/73.
Its interesting to note that the unit is not black. PC people have debated the blackness of Brunswick green for years. looking at the shell by its self and it looks black, but put it next to something tht really is black and you can tell its green.
one thing I have always hated is those huge tabs behind the step wells for mounting handrails. I decided they wernt needed so I cut them off.
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The reason I like this unit so much is because I model the year 1973. Paint jobs such as this were pretty much gone by the end of 1971, but the proto photo was taken 12/73.
Its interesting to note that the unit is not black. PC people have debated the blackness of Brunswick green for years. looking at the shell by its self and it looks black, but put it next to something tht really is black and you can tell its green.
one thing I have always hated is those huge tabs behind the step wells for mounting handrails. I decided they wernt needed so I cut them off.
P
