Paint for drinking straws?

[CRL]

Great idea.
Also, a lot of new pipe shipped has blank plastic covers on the ends, various colors, blue or orange or red mostly
So could hide the out of scale thickness this way too

But if the ends are covered, how’s A-No.-1 supposed to hide in the pipe?

[nkalanaga]

End covers were rare in the mid-1970s, so that won't help me much.  I don't know if well casing had caps then or not, but much of it has pre-threaded ends, so some type of protection would be warranted.

[Steveruger45]

But if the ends are covered, how’s A-No.-1 supposed to hide in the pipe?

?...or No.2’s 😊

[nkalanaga]

Steve:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ray_Livingston
"Leon Ray Livingston (1872–1944) was a famous hobo and author, travelling under the name "A-No.1" and often referred to as "The Rambler."[1]"

No, I'd never heard of him either, until I Googled "A-No.-1"

[Steveruger45]

Steve:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ray_Livingston
"Leon Ray Livingston (1872–1944) was a famous hobo and author, travelling under the name "A-No.1" and often referred to as "The Rambler."[1]"

No, I'd never heard of him either, until I Googled "A-No.-1"

Thanks.  You learn something new everyday on TRW.

[nkalanaga]

True, and true for model railroading in general.  I've learned more about more things from model and prototype railroad magazines than from almost any other source.  Amazing how much non-railroad industrial, geographic, geologic, and historic material one comes across reading about trains.  Not to mention various skills, both old and new.