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January 31, 2016 at 7:58 pm #7787
Nathan Obermeyer
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    Charlie,

    The car looks great. I can’t tell a difference in the colors of gray from the model and the upgraded parts.

    Nate

    cduckworth wrote:
    It hit in the mid-40s today in Omaha so I mixed up a blend of Tru-Color MP covered hopper gray, white and Eagle gray until I got a close match to the Atlas car.

    Here is the results ‘close enough for a color blind guy’ results; formula is just like your grandmother’s old recipes “..a pinch of this and a dash of that”.