Graham:

The "wart" is the trolley catcher for the front pole and was added by SF MUNI. The "top vents" that you mention is probably the base for the front pole.

KC had two batches of PCCs - the '41 cars and the "post war" body cars that were delivered starting in '46.

pete groom

On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:44 AM, Graham Lees wrote:

> I have since found out that the trolley I painted is not accurate as at
> 1957 when GM forced them off the road. That trolley went to Toronto and
> was modified with the top vents put in and that strange wart on its
> nose. Then it went to San Francisco and was repainted in its original
> colours, but not the phoenix wings around the front lights. It was also
> renumbered.
>
> So I was disappointed with that one for two reasons, it wasn't accurate
> and also I used wet paper to do a dry watercolour, resulting in
> shrinkage (yes, old painters suffer from that, too!)
>
> I will be doing another, this time of 714, very soon.
>
> My mate in KCMO was delighted with it, anyway!
>
> Cheers
>
> Graham
>
> Mal Rowe wrote:
>>
>> Graham Lees wrote:
>>> Not my best ever painting but I thought I'd share the good with the bad
>>> . . .
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tram_painter/4421996118/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tram_painter/4421996118/
>>
>> Thanks Graham,
>>
>> I have seen a nice O scale diecast model of a Kansas City PCC in a shop
>> in Melbourne and really liked the livery.
>>
>> I thought it was simple and elegant - then I realised that what appealed
>> to my ageing brain was that it was reminiscent of a "Sunbeam Mixmaster"
>> in both colour and design.
>> http://www.houseandgarden.com.au/images/House/Article/Design%20&%20Decorate/sunbeam_mixmaster.jpg
>> http://www.houseandgarden.com.au/images/House/Article/Design%20&%20Decorate/sunbeam_mixmaster.jpg
>> OR
>> http://tinyurl.com/ykdnuyb http://tinyurl.com/ykdnuyb
>>
>> Mal Rowe - wondering if the PCC came first
>>
>>
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