3rd Rail brass diner for BURLINGTON

I see your sense of humor tends toward the Dark Side!  You must be a Larson fan, too.

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

I'll take a close up with the lights off for ya.

that came out weird

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

Rapid Transit Holmes posted:

Santiago: Yer killin' me, here!  Curved roof?  Flat roof?  What roof?  Your work is fine art and too fine to relegate to the ranks of kinda-prototype.  There's gotta be a fix!

Are you talking about the uppermost deck of the clerestory or the sheet metal covering a/c ductwork between what our friends at Mid Continent define as "upper deck" and "lower deck"?

http://www.midcontinent.org/ro...ry/dictionary2.htm#D

This is railroading, dammit, use a bigger hammer.

RTH, I apologize for the lousy wording, I'll try to use appropriate terminology from now on.  The deck side on Q dinners were continuous. In my model's prototype that deck was interrupted by an all round roof that went from the upper deck all the way to the side of the car.

The only fix I see is to keep the car lettered PULLMAN.

Your love of trains, creative genius, technical skill and fanatical attention to detail elevate you to the plane occupied by the likes of Erik and my friend Ed Bommer.  See his latest dining car see on page 15:

https://www.borhs.org/modelerm...odeler-40-201601.pdf

Methinks you're in line to be crowned an O Scale King!  I'm just a O Gauge Serf, restricted to Lionel.

Many thanks, RTH!

Ed Boomer's car looks wonderful! I was very impressed whenever i first read that article.

I'm planning on building a 1000 series RG coach in ththe next couple of years.

Some progress.... AC speed control shaft, steam traps and fully connected steam and air lines... I also weathered the wheels which makes a big improvement. Longways to go, but taking shape

Rapid Transit Holmes posted:

SANTIAGOP23 posted:

Rapid Transit Holmes posted:

Santiago: Yer killin' me, here!  Curved roof?  Flat roof?  What roof?  Your work is fine art and too fine to relegate to the ranks of kinda-prototype.  There's gotta be a fix!

Are you talking about the uppermost deck of the clerestory or the sheet metal covering a/c ductwork between what our friends at Mid Continent define as "upper deck" and "lower deck"?

http://www.midcontinent.org/ro...ry/dictionary2.htm#D

This is railroading, dammit, use a bigger hammer.

RTH, I apologize for the lousy wording, I'll try to use appropriate terminology from now on.  The deck side on Q dinners were continuous. In my model's prototype that deck was interrupted by an all round roof that went from the upper deck all the way to the side of the car.

The only fix I see is to keep the car lettered PULLMAN.

Your love of trains, creative genius, technical skill and fanatical attention to detail elevate you to the plane occupied by the likes of Erik and my friend Ed Bommer.  See his latest dining car see on page 15:

https://www.borhs.org/modelerm...odeler-40-201601.pdf

Methinks you're in line to be crowned an O Scale King!  I'm just a O Gauge Serf, restricted to Lionel.

Wholly smokes! What a job. What attention to detail. To make it from scratch besides.

This car is splendid!

For my information, what is the meaning of the number "4" at the right end on the last photo?

jpv in France

Jpv, I don't known why are 3rd rail's brass diners are numbered like that. 

Im actually struggling to find prototype pictures of this pullman diner with pullman lettering. Great Northern and Northern Pacific had these diners, but were lettered for their roads. 

Thanks for your answer; one more mystery! 

jpv

I decided the car will remain PULLMAN lettered... I just can't make myself do fantasy schemes... 

Started working on the kitchen area... not finished by any means but looking better I think...

Santiago, you're now going to need transparent car sides to show off the interiors. Amazing!

Dan Weinhold

Fabulous!  Spectacular!  Sooper-Dooper!

Replaced these grabs w p&d's. Sunset's are way oversized and spoil this side's look of the car.

Dear Santiago, your modeling is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing all the nice work and feeding us all with ideas. May I ask you what kind of diaphragms will you use on that car? I need to think about getting good and working diaphragms (not stiff rubber) for my passenger cars. Maybe you have an idea for me. 

And what do you take for window glazing? I thought about acrylic glass for architecture models, but that's shiny and reflecting a lot. What do you use?

Thank you so much in advance! I'm a great fan of your work. 

Regards,
Sarah

Sarah if you or anyone else is looking for diaphragms we make several different versions here is a link to our website page:

http://scalecitydesigns.com/sc...r-details/diaphragm/

These are made out of a heavy textured paper to represent canvas and the detail parts are jewelers pewter. Hope this helps. We also make a full range of other detail parts, check out our website. 

Sarah posted:

Dear Santiago, your modeling is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing all the nice work and feeding us all with ideas. May I ask you what kind of diaphragms will you use on that car? I need to think about getting good and working diaphragms (not stiff rubber) for my passenger cars. Maybe you have an idea for me. 

And what do you take for window glazing? I thought about acrylic glass for architecture models, but that's shiny and reflecting a lot. What do you use?

Thank you so much in advance! I'm a great fan of your work. 

Regards,
Sarah

Thank you for the kinds words, Sarah. I was about the direct you to Scale City Designs and a post by master modeler John Sethian:

https://ogrforum.com/...-details-to-ggd-cars

For my car I will reuse 3rd rail's with some minor upgrades.

For the glazing I will use poly carbonate clear sheets. The more reflective the better! Just like real glass. Clover House also sells real glass for modeling if you are interested.

This car has been a case of one battle at a time. Lots of straightening up and minor corrections. Today I soldered a brass “rpo” step for the kitchen door, and also closed up the same end. One thing is for sure, my new 150 watt soldering iron has been busy busy

Too much work not to use protocraft couplers, also diaphragms ready for paint...

Santiago,

What is this silver painted part in reality? A manual brake system? Or anything else?

jpv in France

It is! This is a white metal part from scale city designs, it will be painted Pullman green

OK. Thank you! 

JPV

Clear coat next.... I can’t overstate how much I love Clover Houses dry transfers

 beautiful finish with these transfers!

jpv69

Interior roof installed...

The modeling is brilliant and you show me again how little knowledge I have of passenger cars. I always thought that dining cars were owned and run by the railroads. Won't you reletter it for the Q? You're really inspiring me, Santiago.

Thanks, Sarah. I completely repainted the car, unfortunately this car body is not correct for Burlington. Pullman leased these diners on a frequent basis, so it's no biggie. 

Finishing up!

Glorious! You should join "The O Scale Kings"!

Thanks for the kind words, RTH!

Here is a quick iPhone pic!

Extraordinaire! 

What is on the menu today?.....

jpv in France

going through the studio shots....

This man, geeze! Every time I look at one of his project threads I am overwhelmed, lol. It still doesn't stop me from looking. You truly have a gift Santiago.

Dave

Wow! Thanks, Dave! 

Nice touch with the flowers on the tables.

Yves

Nice job, my friend. Very nice!

Many thanks, gentlemen!