Those of you who have visited my layout probably remember the single AMS passenger car side sitting at Vance Junction, looking out of place. well I finally did something about it. A while ago I did a 3d model for the roof for a commercial model co. So the roof started with that with a upscale, cut it in half, then Scrunched up to fit in 7/8" space. yes that is correct. the AMS Body had its windows covered with blue tape, and I sacrificed one of the ends I had buy cutting down each side to 5/8", and screwed and glued this to the main side. the sides and roof were heavily weathered using successive layers of paint, that were scratched between coats.
the platform was made up of a piece of 3/8 cabinet grade plywood, over layered with 3/4 wide x 1/8 thick planks, and stained. the board was warped a little and to straighten and mount the side I applied a 1/2 " x 13/32 block of pine to the bottom using existing tabs and woodscrews to the base.
one of the other things I have done is to get most of the landforms complete, and ballasted all the indoor track. more to come soon.
.JPG){kind=link}
