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Railfreight OCA Wagon 377-551B - Shade of Red?


John M Upton
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I have a shiny new OCA wagon sitting on my desk, Railfreight red 112016 (Cat No. 377-551B) only that shade of red looks somewhat faded yet there was no indication that this was going to be the case with the item description.

 

Did 377-551 and 377-551A have the same faded red shade?

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I have a shiny new OCA wagon sitting on my desk, Railfreight red 112016 (Cat No. 377-551B) only that shade of red looks somewhat faded yet there was no indication that this was going to be the case with the item description.

 

Did 377-551 and 377-551A have the same faded red shade?

I haven't seen the latest one in the flesh, but Railfreight red faded to pink very very quickly, infact most reds on road vehicles are also prone to it, something to do with the pigments...

 

Dave

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Next to my delivered at the same time SPA its pretty obvious:

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It does look good however if somewhat too clean and even for a faded finish.  The very same OCA wagon appears on Paul Bartlett's website in a not so faded condition:

http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/oca/e1b4fac6b

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Next to my delivered at the same time SPA its pretty obvious:

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It does look good however if somewhat too clean and even for a faded finish.  The very same OCA wagon appears on Paul Bartlett's website in a not so faded condition:

http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/oca/e1b4fac6b

That looks quite good actually, something near these HEAs

 

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but not as far as the HEA and V?A in the background of this one

 

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The colour did seem to remain fairly clean if faded on the real thing.

 

Dave

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