Old Ambroid/NESL coach kit

[deemery]

I went back and measured...  The car is at 7 oz, NMRA standards would call for 5 oz.  So I'll cut out and pry off a 2" section of the lead weights.  Hopefully I don't die from the lead dust...


I'll consider if I want to add a 1/16 thick piece of wood in the middle to fill that gap.  It's probably not visible through the car windows.

dave

[friscomike]

Hopefully I don't die from the lead dust...

Howdy Dave, just don't mix it with your scotch and you'll be fine!     Have fun, mike

[deemery]

Which color for the 'Water Closet' glass?  I'm inclined to go with the green, because it's a nice contrast against the red trim.


dave

[friscomike]

Howdy Dave, I like the green.  It contrasts well with the red portal, IMHO.  Have fun, mike

[deemery]

Inking in some window leading looks pretty good:


add  Another decision.  There's a wood block behind this window.  The top has a white background on that block, the bottom has a black background.  I'm inclined to go for the white, but the black probably is more prototypical.  Depends on how much I want to show off the 'leading', I think...


dave

[jbvb]

Looks good.

[friscomike]

Excellent, Dave.  ~mike

[Rick]

Dave, you're doing exceptional detailing on this build.
Green looks like the correct choice.

[Jerry]

I like the green also.  Nice work Dave.

Jerry

[Michael Hohn]

Dave,

Nice looking window.  Hard to judge from the photos, but the leading all but disappears with the black background, so unless the white looks wrong I would tend to favor it. 

Mike

[GPdemayo]

Great progress Dave.....

[deemery]

It's starting to look like a passenger car:




The railings are delicate, I whacked one loose during the test-fit.  But that one has attachment problems anyway, I'll probably redo it. 

By the way, it turns out the LaBelle oval window castings would fit perfectly into my oval holes.  I might well use them...

dave

[Bernd]

Looking good Dave.

Bernd

[ACL1504]

Dave,

This is coming along nicely. Nice piece of passenger equipment.

Tom 

[deemery]

A quicky!  This is an old Model Power baggage car.  I cut off the cast-on truss rods, replacing them with the same mono (and S scale turnbuckles) I used on the Ambroid car.  Then I painted it Badger red-brown primer (same I used on the undercarriage of the Ambroid car), and hand-painted the end railings and undercarriage parts (truss rods, brake gear, etc.)

Perhaps most importantly, i replaced the wheelsets that had really deep flanges with some Reboxx 36" wheels.  I'm still waiting for the Kadee parts which I hope will fit into the Talgo truck coupler boxes.  (Otherwise, I'll work out something for couplers.)

Anyway, this will be a good addition to the passenger car fleet.

dave