Wait! Who won? (for 20 char… who came 2nd?)
Hmmmmm
I grew up with the saying
Sex,Drugs and Rock and Roll
I never said it was going to be easy… I was going to just cut off the old steps and make new ones
But nope I had to go and try and slice them off with the saw and not make sure I wasn’t cutting into the other parts of the platform. Oh well. Now the platform and draft gear are in one piece.
Shifted gears away from 3d printed end platforms and went back to this. Is it scratch building or kitbashing if I use a commercial product? 
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Isn’t the plastic sheeting you use a commercial product???
How about “scratch-bashing”? 
Well I certainly didn’t refine the oil to make the plastic. I’d call it kitbashing.
For those that have detailed interiors of passenger cars or cabooses, is the detail interior really visible from when viewing from the window? The proto photo I’m modeling has the cupola window open with a guy hanging his arm out. I want to also include that so I’ll have to build a basic cupola platform and chairs but the end windows are what got me thinking about the inside. Can you really see inside? I thought about adding the conductor desk just on the other side of the window and calling it good but then in my typical over thinking fashioned wondered how much else I should include? And is it even worth the time and energy?
I’m asking this because the last two models I decided to do interiors in, I went way overboard. And I still haven’t finished those either. Way overboard like adding heaters and window wipers and wiper motor piping on the interior of the GP30…
Here’s a typical BN caboose interior. https://youtu.be/h2JjEyTT7KI?si=avDhwsmIf_dfOoVf
Don, where do you source your interior details?
Bill, I started with the Waycar interior kit that was offered by Hartford back in the day. Most of the small stuff came from Ozark Miniatures. Some things were scratch built.
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Craig,
It is if you will forever look at those models and say to yourself, “Gee, if only I’d added…” The last thing you want is to rip an otherwise finished model apart to add whatever it is you decided to leave out during construction.
Your craftsmanship and attention to detail are awe inspiring. Whatever rolls from your shops will be magnificent to all who see it. As long as you are as proud of the results as they are impressed, I would think you’re OK.
Eric
Craig, another question you might ponder, with all the thoughts and improvements in 3D printing, is what pose do my boys need to be in when I put them inside this caboose as trainmen? And ergo, what detail do those prints need to be around? 
