@GG1 4877 posted:If the color is "Light Aluminum" then it would be closer to gray than to true silver. I have the photos of the FW&D silver heavyweight coaches and the GGD one is a really close match. That was how I was going to letter mine.
If I can ever find the decals ......
On March 9-10 I attended the annual Train-A-Palooza hosted by the Lone Star Hi-Railers, and railroad historian and author Steve Allen Goen was there as a vendor. He is an authority on Texas railroads. I ask him what exact color did the FW&D use on the heavyweight coaches and diners. His reply was “light aluminum”, and the appearance of rooftops looking white-ish in color photography is due to fading caused over time by sunlight. I think we have all seen autos painted silver which badly faded as they aged.
I still have 3 GGD coaches to repaint and reletter as FW&D or C&S when time allows. I think I will still mask the sides and apply a coat of matte white to the roof as a first coat…then go over the entire car with light aluminum yet barely covering the roof to create the effect of fading.
