I’m working on some business cars for the layout.
B7 is an LGB 3080 coach. I converted it into a business car several years ago. But I didn’t like my scratch built platform railing. So I found a few Bachmann observation railings on eBay and think it now looks a lot better (especially after painting it brass). Fairly nice fit on the LGB cars too. Not sure yet, but I might renumber B7 as B3 and add an enclosed vestibule end.
The new business car project started out as an LGB 3083 (closed vestibule combine). It should make a nice B1. The Bachmann observation railing looks good too. I’ll paint it the same tuscan red color as B7.
Here’s some photos:
And links to what the real cars (both still surviving) look like:
B1
B7