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Found just a bit of time to start the Gondola's. I did not care to get real fancy here...many of these type kits are left all blonde wood. I wanted to add just a splash of color on Gondola's only....looked at photos of just a couple vintage Real wheels and did spot a rather elegant old wheel that All Gondola's where painted a Burgandy red color and nearly went that route. In the end I went the more typical carnival colors. I left the interior natural wood to give a little more contrast. I only used marker but I suppose you could go nuts if you had a mind to. It goes very fast to add color to one side when the parts are all still in the web of wood sheet. I may dust a little fast dry clear semi-gloss lacquer on the entire model at the end to give a little more humidity resistance. I better test that on some marker colored wood scrap as it may bleed.
   You could also get the wife or a child involved and let them do the color.


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