Mick Bonwick's Blog

Look good to me, and I entirely agree, that whilst Pullman livery in particular often shows white roofs, these can only be ex-works, because every other picture of them in traffic shows a uniform grey!

Mick

 

hiw do you simulate the effects of the wind drawing the dirt along the roofs?

Ian,

 

Aim the airbrush along the roof from a fairly high angle every three of four coats. Note that the coats are very thin - almost not visible.

I don't know if the attached photo is of any interest, being the VSOE set in 1991, being pulled by 73101 on its maiden trip after repaint.

 

Even the pampered VSOE set is a bit grubby on the roofs, and as you say its use is far less intensive than that of Pullmans in service.

 

John.

Most useful, John, thank you. Interesting dirt distribution, especially for coaches/cars behind a non-steam locomotive.