Fixing old stuff

[nachoman]

I stripped the paint off the coach and noticed this damage at one end.  Part of the window frame on the door is missing, and that should be easily repairable with a bit of styrene.  Or I could remove this part on all the windows and make square window openings.  The other issue is that the plastic on the end doors on one end seems to have been chemically melted slightly.   The previous owner had installed diaphragms and marker lights on one end with some kind of contact cement (likely Walthers' goo) and I am guessing that dissolved some of of the plastic.  I think I can smooth it out with a little putty, but may need to remake a doorknob.  A little bit of rivet detail on the end seems to be gone (or was never there), but I will ignore that.  I'm also thinking about how I will paint this car to match my others.  On my wooden coaches and my MDC Harriman observation car, I painted the letter board above the windows black with gold lettering.  This car has a much wider area above the window and I think that would not look well.  Either I leave the black off, or only paint the top half black.