Bullet holes?!!

[Anonymous]

I got the May MR yesterday, i enjoyed the "8 modeling tips from a pro" very good, and workshop with the coal[:0] very good job, i'm going to have to check the price on that scale coal..

So anyway, i was look at the "trackside photos" and on page 114 ther is a dash 8 with very good weathering, but i have to ask about the hole on the hood, are they suppose to be bullet holes from local target practise? Or maybe this is just from hail?

[Roadtrp]

Just checked out that photo. I think someone tried to put that poor ugly locomotive out of its misery, but the damned thing just kept on running anyway. Kind of like the railroad version of "Night of the Living Dead".

Weathering is one thing. What was done to that poor Dash 8 is a CRIME! [;)][(-D][;)]

[Anonymous]

Could this be the work of the terrorist group that attached JCtrain's 2-6-2?
(Fire in the hole! - http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14489)

[cacole]

Hmmm, it's really hard to tell on such a small photo, but it might be an attempt to model chipped and flaking paint?

I saw an SP engine one day that was worn down to the original primer in a lot of areas, which made it look like a military camouflage attempt, except that the primer was yellow and stood out more against the weather beaten remnants of black paint. The SP markings were totally gone, and the number boards were the only way to know the locomotive's number.