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I have seen this idea before. Railroad Model Crafstman had an article on how to paint clouds on Backdrops a few years back. I read it while I was living in Bozeman so that would place it somewhere between the August 2001 issue and June 2002. The suprising thing about storm clouds though is that the color gray is not very effective. This is due to the fact that most gray paint has a green pigment in it, and when applied to storm clouds there is something about it that causes the gray to scream "I AM PAINT" rather than looking like condencing evaporated water. The solution presented in the article was to paint a white undercoat for the cloud, then go over it with an overspray of silver having it more concentrated at the bottom of the cloud and getting lighter as you worked up. I reccomend that you find the article and read it for your self becasue it also coveres application techniques that I can not fully remember how to do. As for the idea that you had in your proposed application of it, It sounds like a great idea. In the old National Geographic Explorer episode "Love those Trains" there is a shot of the "Salad Bowl Express" out running a thunderstom in much the same way you described. I assume that since it was on CNW that it must have been somewhere in Iowa or eastern Illinois. Thanks for getting the old brain stirred up tongiht. James
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