05-04-2021, 09:44 PM
Just to assure everyone that I haven't yet croaked, here are a few photos of some cars more-or-less finished (I have no seats or diaphragms for any of these cars, so those going to others will be on their own in that regard. I do have seats and diaphragms at another friend's house, but he's in the States, and our borders are still closed. Those parts were ordered a couple of years ago, for other cars on-hand that need them.
Here's the CNR's Island Park, in this case a 12-1 Rivarossi sleeper changed into an 8-1-2 (8 sections, 1 drawing room, and 2 compartments)...
The three frosted windows, at left, are for the ladies washrooms and lounge, while the next two sets of paired windows are for the two compartments, and the next set of paired windows is for the drawing room,which has a private washroom, indicated by the small adjoining window.
The next four paired windows are for the sections, which are seats that convert into beds, and the two smaller windows, at right, are on the aisleway which passes the gents' washroom.
This is Queen's Park (named for the seat of Ontario's Provincial Legislature), another Rivarossi car converted to an 8-1-2. The photo below shows the opposite side to that seen on Island Park (the two cars are identical except for their names)...
...the first three frosted windows, at left, plus the single one with the window shade, are for the gents' washroom, and the next four paired windows for the other four sections.
The four spaced-out windows with the handrails are on the aisleway which passes the drawing room, the two compartments, and the ladies washroom.
This one is a model of a car which may not have existed. There were several versions of duplex sleepers with either an aisleway running up one side of the car, or a centre aisle with fewer, and possibly larger, rooms, usually in a staggered arrangment. This one uses the compartment sides from two Rivarossi duplex sleepers (the two aisle sides were used on another made-up EG&E car - might as well get as much mileage out of each car as possible.
The Idigo Bay name is made from parts of CNR lettering, while the ELORA GORGE & EASTERN lettering is from some old Champ alphabet sets...
The other side of this car is the same as the side shown.
The last car is the Athearn Postal car that was shortened previously. I had the plastic windows for the doors, but nothing for the original 10 small windows in the car (the two larger windows, one on each side, near the express end of the car, were added to help disguise the poor job I did of putting the shortened car back into one piece....
I ended-up cutting some older Athearn windows to fit but their bulkiness...
....made it almost impossible to add the security bars used on the windows of most postal cars. In desperation I cut some squares of .010" clear styrene, then determined that I needed 6 bars for each window. I used a #79 drill bit in a pin vise to drill six holes in the upper edge of each square, then made a small bend at one end of each bar, inserting them into the holes, then securing them (sorta) using some ca on the tip of an X-Acto #11 blade.
Here they are, ready to be added to the inside of the windows...
...as shown above, they're actually upside down for installation, as the clear styrene at the straight ends of the bars got cemented to the bulky part of the window "glass", while the bent ends of the bars were facing towards the outside of the car, not secured at all, until I added a glob of WeldBond glue to hold them in place. (the bars, incidentally, were straightened and re-secured before installation.
Next on the to-do list is the car that needs re-decaling, and the former diner, which will be getting new scratchbuilt sides, to turn it into a baggage car.
Wayne
Here's the CNR's Island Park, in this case a 12-1 Rivarossi sleeper changed into an 8-1-2 (8 sections, 1 drawing room, and 2 compartments)...
The three frosted windows, at left, are for the ladies washrooms and lounge, while the next two sets of paired windows are for the two compartments, and the next set of paired windows is for the drawing room,which has a private washroom, indicated by the small adjoining window.
The next four paired windows are for the sections, which are seats that convert into beds, and the two smaller windows, at right, are on the aisleway which passes the gents' washroom.
This is Queen's Park (named for the seat of Ontario's Provincial Legislature), another Rivarossi car converted to an 8-1-2. The photo below shows the opposite side to that seen on Island Park (the two cars are identical except for their names)...
...the first three frosted windows, at left, plus the single one with the window shade, are for the gents' washroom, and the next four paired windows for the other four sections.
The four spaced-out windows with the handrails are on the aisleway which passes the drawing room, the two compartments, and the ladies washroom.
This one is a model of a car which may not have existed. There were several versions of duplex sleepers with either an aisleway running up one side of the car, or a centre aisle with fewer, and possibly larger, rooms, usually in a staggered arrangment. This one uses the compartment sides from two Rivarossi duplex sleepers (the two aisle sides were used on another made-up EG&E car - might as well get as much mileage out of each car as possible.
The Idigo Bay name is made from parts of CNR lettering, while the ELORA GORGE & EASTERN lettering is from some old Champ alphabet sets...
The other side of this car is the same as the side shown.
The last car is the Athearn Postal car that was shortened previously. I had the plastic windows for the doors, but nothing for the original 10 small windows in the car (the two larger windows, one on each side, near the express end of the car, were added to help disguise the poor job I did of putting the shortened car back into one piece....
I ended-up cutting some older Athearn windows to fit but their bulkiness...
....made it almost impossible to add the security bars used on the windows of most postal cars. In desperation I cut some squares of .010" clear styrene, then determined that I needed 6 bars for each window. I used a #79 drill bit in a pin vise to drill six holes in the upper edge of each square, then made a small bend at one end of each bar, inserting them into the holes, then securing them (sorta) using some ca on the tip of an X-Acto #11 blade.
Here they are, ready to be added to the inside of the windows...
...as shown above, they're actually upside down for installation, as the clear styrene at the straight ends of the bars got cemented to the bulky part of the window "glass", while the bent ends of the bars were facing towards the outside of the car, not secured at all, until I added a glob of WeldBond glue to hold them in place. (the bars, incidentally, were straightened and re-secured before installation.
Next on the to-do list is the car that needs re-decaling, and the former diner, which will be getting new scratchbuilt sides, to turn it into a baggage car.
Wayne