I have been on a lot of waycars, although not all of
them, of course. I don't remember any mustard yellow
ceilings. They were all the same light brown as the
walls, but then again, it has been over 30 years.
John
--- locopainter215 <locopainter215@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> I have 8 of the Walthers waycars disassembled now
> for painting. Start
> by removing the roof, I used a #17 chisel Xacto
> blade. It takes very
> little pressure to start the removal and then it
> just pops off. You
> can do this w/o marring the plastic if you are
> gentle. After that you
> just remove the screws and it all falls apart. The
> windows are held
> in by the interior, NO GLUE! I am painting some of
> the variations
> that are recorded in Mike Spoor's book. The most
> interesting is the
> steel sheathed, I have it completed but not painted
> yet. Does anyone
> out ther have a mix for mineral red with Scalecoat
> II colors?
> Regards, Malcolm
>
> --- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, Paul Kossart
> <kozys@i...> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I was recently looking at one of my newly acquired
> Walthers HO four
> window waycars in Chinese Red, and noticed the
> interior is white. It
> wasn't hard to miss as some of it peeks just above
> the bottom of the
> window sill. This is a bit visually jolting to me.
> I wonder, then,
> what color the interior of these should be painted
> to match the
> prototype. Also, does anyone know how to remove the
> Walthers shells
> from these cars? I haven't tried yet so was
> wondering if there are
> any "tricks" I should know before attempting on my
> own.
> >
> > Thanks . . .
> >
> > Paul - "The CB&Q Guy"
>
>
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