Now that the Mik is over I can move forward with creating a proper Streamlined “end” for
the train by grafting on an Aristo observation car shell I found on ebay. I didn’t include with the challenge because it cost was over the Mik budget limit. I cut out the rear door to narrow it down so I need to add about 0.080 styrene in-between the shells to widen it out to match the Buddy L passenger car. I’m thinking something Flash Gordony.
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I’ve got one of those (somewhere) that I was going to “graft” onto a coach, but the wheel openings didn’t align or such. I figured that if I get a second, I would make an “eggliner” to go behind the streamliners.
This is where you just go Amtrak and cut off the bottom skirt.
That is a neat idea to make an observation end for your streamlined train but i wonder if you should use that eggliner end or make your own that will fit better? It would bug me that the windows don’t line up. You did such a fine job on the loco, I bet you could bend something to make it work.
I went with a drumhead instead.
Prototype:
My rendition:
https://www.mylargescale.com/attachments/002-jpg.73989/?auto=webp&fit=bounds&format=pjgp&height=1920&optimize=high&width=1920
