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Several years ago I bought a box of "old", and I do mean old kits from a friend. <br />The box contained 20 or so Model Die Casting freight car kits manufactured in the 1950s. They are made of pot metal, require some filing to remove flash, use Kadee #4 couplers, etc. The car sides are painted, the ends and roof areas are not. The colors don't seem to be any standard Floquil, or Scalecoat colors. I have not found a way to match these colors as yet. I should say that the kits are mostly boxcars and refers. I suppose I could paint the roof and end areas on the refers boxcar red and let the sides speak for themselves, but I don't believe that would look right on the boxcars. The "boxcar red" car sides aren't even close to the colors we use for boxcar red or mineral red today. <br />Any suggestions? I'm all ears.
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