I had a Kalamazoo observation car here. I was having trouble deciding what to do with it. I thought about doing a Parlor/Smoker car.
But I just wasn’t inspired. Then I found some nice pics of a private car
Now THAT was more like it! Dividers were made from plexi and painted… but they LOOKED like painted plexi. While pondering a solution I happened to see a container of Chinese fortune telling sticks in the trash at our local flea market. Ready made laquered bamboo paneling!
Seating in the observation area was made from B’mann coach seats covered with cloth. I’d like to fabricate an end table with a gramophone yet.
I couldn’t decide between a kitchenette or a bedroom, but since the bedroom was easier, that’s what I started to build. It still needs a bookshelf, and a small vertical chest of drawers.
The center part of the car has a conference/dining table, a hutch, and parlor stove. There just isn’t room for much more. I’m thinking of adding a mirror over the table, yet.
Kim said that I needed to put the fat guy on the vestibule. The other gent is joining him for a smoke
That’s my progress so far. All furnishings will be removed tomorrow for final sanding and finishing, then replaced. I’ve only been foodling with this thing off and on since April. It might be done by New Years
