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Frequent poster 568 posts redP Frequent poster 568 posts
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I model a lot of cars that are within 5 or 6 years of the new/repaint date. I was wondering how long does it take  before the paint starts to fade?

 Modeling Penn Central and early Amtrak in the summer of 1972

 
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kcsphil1 Prolific poster 1,235 posts
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Well, that depends

on what part of the country you model.  many cars int he dessert southwest fad in a matter of months - others in the NE often start rusting before they fade.  If you have prototype cars in your fleet, look them up by reporting mark in some thing like Railroad Pictures Archives and see how them change.  I'd say most cars are somewhat faded in 5 years.  I addition, darker colors will generally be easier to see faded.

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redP Frequent poster 568 posts
redP

Faded paint

Thanks Philip, What got me thinking about this is a string ove covered hoppers im getting ready to start working on with 67 build dates and I model the 72-73 period

 Modeling Penn Central and early Amtrak in the summer of 1972

 
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