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Posted by ren on Sun Dec 20 02:30:10 2015, in response to PATH 143 arrives at TMNY, posted by Evan on Wed Dec 16 22:11:29 2015. Do you see that Low V in the background of Evan Jennings's picture, with the green roof? I painted that roof. I was a volunteer at TMNY until the characteristic foolishness took over. The idea for painting that Low V originated with a boob called James McGinty who seized upon my idea to rustproof the rusting Low V. I told the museum volunteers the rust breakthrough was so severe that rust inhibitor needed to be applied until a proper paint job could be done.I bought a couple of cans of inhibitor, but then McGinty decided to have the entire Low V painted, without primer and without finishing the rust inhibitor applications. That, in hindsight, was a bad idea, since now the rust will be trapped underneath, and spread. Given that no restoration is taking place on the Low V or any of the cars (aside from the R-16) that seems almost idiotic. The reason the Low V is in two shades of green was the result of a misunderstanding between another volunteer, Omar Pagan, and myself. We were going to use Hunter Green, which Pagan insisted on. But this shade is not sold by the gallon. I proposed a different shade, since this was going to be a storm proof primer. Then when we got to Kingston we realized we had two different colors. Rather than mix them, we painted different sections: the light green covered the roof and the darker green covered the side. Also, only one side of the Low V is painted, the side that faces the yard. If it weren't for my idea of rust proofing, even this misguided painting would not have been done. The cost for moving the PATH car to TMNY, I was informed, cost $15,000. Where did that money come from? Not from the gate, that's for sure. The gate proceeds are literally peanuts, nobody goes there. The museum, in effect, paid 15k for a dead trailer. Why couldn't that money have been applied to saving the black cars? I have a whole lot more to say about what went on up there at TMNY. Stay tuned. |
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