Let's Repaint the WDW RR Engines!

Roy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:07 pm

Roy wrote:

From the samples shown on Steve's website above, I'd say the best modern match is common galvanized(zinc plated) sheet.

Steve DeGaetano wrote:

Man, I'd say that galvanized sheet isn't even close!

Galvanized sheet tends to have crystalline-like patterns. I was not referring to those, but to the color and bright sheen.

Steve DeGaetano · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:26 pm

Roy wrote:

From the samples shown on Steve's website above, I'd say the best modern match is common galvanized(zinc plated) sheet.

Steve DeGaetano wrote:

Man, I'd say that galvanized sheet isn't even close!

Galvanized sheet tends to have crystalline-like patterns. I was not referring to those, but to the color and bright sheen.

I've seen plenty of Galvanized sheet. My statement stands. The "color and bright sheen" aren't even close.

Roy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:37 pm

Before paint, there are other changes I would make. I'd like to see longer cowcatchers on all the WDW engines. I'd also move the whistles to atop the steam domes. I like Radley-Hunter smokestacks, but the one on the Roy is badly proportioned for the engine. At the least, the base pipe should be a little smaller in diameter. In addition, the rest of the stack(the diamond portion) should be enlarged a bit.

Denver Express · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:19 pm

I'm not a big fan of Hunter & Radley stacks, but that's just me.

Roy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:18 pm

Brian wrote:

I always thought it was strange that there are no capstacks on any of the locomotives at Disneyworld. It is the only Disney Railroad without a cap stack in the line up.

Denver Express wrote:

Yes, and also kind of ironic too because cap stacks were common on coal burning engines of east coast U.S. and that's where WDW is located...

I like cap stacks on traction engines and steamboats. They even look good on locomotives, at least those that don't have extended smokeboxes(yuck!) It's just that I like other stacks better on locomotives.

Roy · **Posted:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:44 am

Steve DeGaetano wrote:

I've seen plenty of Galvanized sheet. My statement stands. The "color and bright sheen" aren't even close.

Oh.

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