Red Pinstripes Missing, Kato N Olympian Hiawatha Armour Yellow scheme

[Trnsrus]

The 14 roomette sleeper and coaches in the set lack the red pinstripes, at the top of the letterboard, present on the other cars in this set. I expect this follows prototype practice but wonder what is the reason, if any, for this?

[Sokramiketes]

Ruh Roh.  I see what you're saying, on the Kato images.  Were they also delivered without the stripes?

I haven't seen it mentioned as a prototype feature before, so I'm more leaning toward a mistake.

Here's an example of the stripe being there, but hidden in the roof edge overhang of the car design, and possibly misinterpreted as not being there...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbernero/23020397893

[Mark5]

My friend Pete (R) noticed this too.

He did a quick fix using masking tape and a sharpie. 

[Angus Shops]

Masking tape and a Sharpie? I didn’t know that was even possible!

[peteski]

Make sure to burnish the tape very well or you'll have a disaster on your hands.

[southernman]

Masking tape and a Sharpie? I didn’t know that was even possible!

I’ve repaired the gold stripes on a Southern locomotive using this method. Don’t know if I would be willing to tackle an entire stripe.

[C855B]

... He did a quick fix using masking tape and a sharpie. 

Don't try this with a regular Sharpie! Oof! You might note that is a paint Sharpie. They make two lines of paint markers directed at the artist market. They're shortly to introduce a line of general-market paint markers, "Sharpie Creative Markers". Might be worth a try.

[nkalanaga]

Coach #603 in 1968 did not have the top red stripe, according to Morning Sun Book's "Color Guide Vol 1".  I didn't see a picture of the 14-roomette sleeper, but a few other cars shown in UP colors also lacked that stripe.

[peteski]

Don't try this with a regular Sharpie! Oof! You might note that is a paint Sharpie. They make two lines of paint markers directed at the artist market. They're shortly to introduce a line of general-market paint markers, "Sharpie Creative Markers". Might be worth a try.

Excellent point Mike!  When we hear Sharpie we (like I do) likely think of the ubiquitous ink markers with stinky "hot" solvent.  But this was specifically a paint marker Sharpie which is distinctively different than standard Sharpies.