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Smike

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Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« on: December 29, 2014, 11:41:27 PM »
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2014, 11:57:37 PM »
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Hmm. Meh. I find it astounding that these guys have enough time to do complex stuff like this without drawing attention. I don't get it.

However, I was taken aback at my reaction to the location where the picture was taken. The second it popped up on the screen my immediate reflex was "Cajon, near Summit". Go back and look at the picture and you tell me where there are any clues to that effect. Only after scrolling down for the map did I get the shocker that I was right. I'm guessing that I spent so much time in that location in my early railfan life that I instinctively recognize it from the strata alone.
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2014, 01:09:55 AM »
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SP ought to keep that one!
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2014, 09:50:37 AM »
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Quote from: nkalanaga on December 30, 2014, 01:09:55 AM
SP ought to keep that one!
They will for a long while actually; the artist left the road name, number, and crucial data uncovered in his painting, so I doubt that this will get touched.

As for my reaction, it's not the popular one,but that is a seriously a work of art. Yes, it is vandalism, but graffiti such as this does have some artistic value
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2014, 04:19:14 PM »
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Was that car ever issued in SP paint in N scale?
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2014, 05:09:12 PM »
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2014, 09:30:02 PM »
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Quote from: GaryHinshaw on December 30, 2014, 05:09:12 PM
Yes.

Hmmmm....  now you're giving me ideas.  :D

But my voice of reason keeps saying: you already have too many projects going on...
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2014, 11:04:00 PM »
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Do it.  You know you want to.   :)
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2014, 12:19:56 AM »
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  :D ...already started...  :D
Found cars on eBay and working on cleaning up the graphics. However, I will have to multiplex my time even more between several projects.  :scared:
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2015, 12:51:33 AM »
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Has anybody either seen that car in-person or have more photos of it?

I'm not sure if what I see on that image is caused by the lighting conditions, or are the colors really different. For example the green "signature" seems to be much darker where it goes above the top ribs. Also the loco's roof and stack seem to be much lighter gray then the rest of the artwork.   Then some of the highlights are done in white paint while the the boiler highlight seems to be just the natural gray background.  Then there is a whitish area on the left upper side of the car's side.  Is that the light playing tricks or are those all different colors?

One thing is clearly visible: the entire side of the car was roller-painted gray (probably to cover previous tags).  I wonder if this was done by the latest tagger or by the RR (and the tagger just lucked out by finding a clean canvas to work with)?
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2015, 12:59:31 AM »
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Quote from: peteski on January 01, 2015, 12:51:33 AM
  I wonder if this was done by the latest tagger or by the RR (and the tagger just lucked out by finding a clean canvas to work with)?

If you search for "aware graffiti' you'll see that it was probably the artist who 'gessoed' (to use a phrase I haven't used in 20 years) over the cars previous to painting.

BTW, same guy that did "Smurftastic".

Jason
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« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2015, 01:12:53 AM »
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Maybe a railroad should hire him.  He understands the lettering requirements for railroad cars, does a professional-looking job, and certainly livens up the cars.  Think what he could do with a clean, freshly painted car, and a safe place to do an unhurried job.  Many companies, in various industries, used to hire artists to decorate vehicles and buildings, why not today?
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2015, 01:56:14 AM »
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Quote from: wcfn100 on January 01, 2015, 12:59:31 AM
If you search for "aware graffiti' you'll see that it was probably the artist who 'gessoed' (to use a phrase I haven't used in 20 years) over the cars previous to painting.

BTW, same guy that did "Smurftastic".

Jason

LOL, thanks Jason. I've just been doing that for the last hour or so.  So he does create a blank canvas himself. Wow! I found about half a dozen of some of his other works which would lend themselves to N scale decals without too much work.

This is one of my top picks (since I was really into them in the 70s).
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2015, 05:20:59 AM »
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Re: Heritage scheme from way back (sorta)
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2015, 05:27:52 AM »
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Excellent finds Gary! Thanks!

So far I have been masking and resizing (on a 4-bay hopper until the correct ones arrive).

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