Hi, I spent five hours painting the interior of the Union Pacific Theater Car. The interior is a dark gray and probably a better choice than the somewhat transparent cream colors used on the UP Excursion Train and the even lighter cream of the Union Pacific Challenger cars. There are wires and electronics under the floor that may not have been masked as well by the lighter transparent plastic.
The CSX car took three coats of paint on the seats. The UP needed four plus coats to cover the gray. My new Testor's paints just arrived and they may not have as much pigment in them as the paint I used on the CSX. The colors mix the same and look the same when mixed, but the coverage is not as good. The table tops have four coats of Flat White, and need two more for an even coverage.
I will start painting more Preiser 65602 Seated People for this car and the UP Challenger Dining Car. (I have painted over 3,000 people for my 139 Lionel and Atlas O passenger cars.) I set the Dining Car aside because I ran out of 0.40 Plastruct for the seat backs on the dining chairs.
I am almost done with the passenger cars and ready to start back to work on the layout.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
