Another thought: way back in the early 1980's, RMC (I think) had an article where the author used drinking straws to model the pipe. His wife had some thin chart-tape, something used back then before Form Tool or similar software became available to make columns, lines, and so forth on documents. Thread might be a little thin in the larger scales--just an opinion--but double-threading would probably do the trick in HO. Hoping you have great success!
Some freight cars in Cartersville last weekend (2-24-2024). I'm always drawn to Carbon Black hoppers for some reason. A couple of tie gons And a few random cars
I think that's an H39, of which class the PRR rostered almost 10,000 in October 1963. I couldn't get a solid build date before bedtime.
Thanks to Fotomat, this Kodachrome slide has suffered fade and color shift over the years. Found at Knoxville, TN in May 1979, PRR 112091 is a Class X58, built 10/1964.
I suppose this would be closer: Messed around with color balance, hue and saturation to bring it close to a brown-ish color. Of course, the vegetation took on an almost fluorescent green color...
Thank you Mike. If I'd only known about Fotomat's processing deficiencies back then. Thankfully, most of my slides still went to Kodak, though they lost some of my rolls around the time they closed and consolidated their labs. Kodak's processing eventually took a turn for the worse as well, but that was toward the very end of Kodachrome.
If you want to try and correct the color balance, try shifting it to a brighter red, the PRR used a much redder tint in what they called their Freight Car Color almost the same as the Passenger cars. Rick Jesionowski
