General Discussion (Model Railroader)

Packer:

pastorbob:

Not going to repaint my new mini van in Santa Fe colors.  Some dumb guy driving a truck in BN colors would probably ram me.

Bob

lol, but who are you calling dumb? I happen to be driving a green expedition at the moment. I could get some black paint for the top.

Many years ago a friend of ours had a 1976 Plymouth Volare station wagon that was BN Green---and it did have a Black roof!!----he had the bottom skid plated so that he could barnstorm along back roads and not puncture anything---

No you are not nuts.  But if you add a Leslie five tone horn on the roof and a bell on the front bumper you definitely are.

something to consider here...

In the USA there ara aproximatly 300,000,000 + people. A demografic I got from a mnagazine sales dept a while ago said there are about 300,000 railroad interested people in the States. Tha equates out to  .1% of the people will know what the symbolism of that paint job will be. which means you will probably have to explain it to the other 99.9% of the people. I am guessing that you are not from the states but, I figure the demografics are roughly the same for other countries as well.

Dan

Hello no your not crazy well maybe not sure but if you do it. Drive it to the train show in Berea Ohio next year and park next to the guy who painted his truck in Conrail colors. Have nice day Frank

0-6-0:

Drive it to the train show in Berea Ohio next year and park next to the guy who painted his truck in Conrail colors

That might be a bit tricky - last time I checked, the Honda Accord wasn't amphibious...

pike-62:

something to consider here...

In the USA there ara aproximatly 300,000,000 + people. A demografic I got from a mnagazine sales dept a while ago said there are about 300,000 railroad interested people in the States. Tha equates out to  .001% of the people will know what the symbolism of that paint job will be. which means you will probably have to explain it to the other 99.999% of the people. I am guessing that you are not from the states but, I figure the demografics are roughly the same for other countries as well.

Dan

300,000 / 300,000,000 is 0.1%

tbdanny:

The car in question is a 1990 Honda Accord.  I would be crazy to go ahead and do it, especially considering the one or two small dents in it...

I think it would look much better on a Suburban, Land Rover, Excursion or similar large vehicle shaped more like a locomotive.

Hello My bad I did not realize you were so far away. I would do it People over here paint there cars for there favorite football teams why not there favorite train. Frank

When I purchased my 'forest green' Toyota X-cab, new, I took note of the resemblance (distant cousin) to one end of a GG1.  It was close enough to Brunswick green...

Sixteen years and 200,000+ miles later, it's still waiting for its keystones...

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

 You could test the waters first by painting your car MOW gray.  Adding a 5 digit number and reporting marks along the back fender would be a nice touch.  Depending on voiced opinions, then you could move up to the full Super Chief Scheme.

Nothing derogatory intended.

Who among us has never had a brain cramp?

Just correcting the formula.

Phoebe Vet:

Nothing derogatory intended.

Who among us has never had a brain cramp?

Just correcting the formula.

And I thought it was just that new math again!