This looks really cool, John @j-healy
Good luck in trying to stay cool with those temperatures.
Next week our temperatures will drop to 65 during the day.

Looks great, my friend @j-jealy! Around 95°F here, not bad.

That would be great, my friend @j-healy! Even greater if we meet!

Looking real good John @j-healy. Decals are always the icing on the cake.

Too bad about all that hot weather going around the world. Out here on the coast of California, we’ve had one of the coolest, foggiest summers ever and the greenest. And for once, no major fires - yet. Everything is at least a month behind when it comes to tomatoes and dahlias etc. I have yet to sit out on our deck as it chills down like clockwork after 5pm. I guess I should be grateful because I know everyone’s boiling to death on the east side of our costal mountains.

The paintwork does look great this way, John @j-healy
Regarding the inside edges of flaps, I would expect them to be chromate zinc but that is an assumption, likely expert here on iModeler known for sure the correct color.

This gets better and better, John (@j-healy). The paint scheme and decals are really awesome. Well done.

Great progress and awesome loks so far, my friend @j-healy!
As our friend @johnb said, if no info from any of the experts here becomes available, zinc chromate (green or, possibly even better, yellow) is always a safe choice for the inner flap edges.

Great, my friend @j-healy! The finish line is practically reached now!