This is a new thread showing the steps in detailing a set of Lionel New York Central "Southwestern Limited" passenger cars with Preiser 65602 Unpainted Seated People that I painted. The first car will be the 2127330 StationSounds Dining Car.
StationSounds NYC Southwestern Limited Dining Car
The first step in painting the interior of the Dining car is to add 1/4" white plastruct pieces to the back of the floor cubes that act is seats in the 36-seat Dining Car. I built a jig to help cut the 1/4" pre-painted strips into seat backs. Having pre-painted the plastic with Tamiya acrylic tan (75% flat white & 20% Earth and 5% red) I glued the seat backs to the floor cubes.
Placing people in the Dining car requires grinding of the figure's bottoms and often hands, purses or legs that may not fit between the chair and the bottom of the table. Having detailed over 220 O-gauge Atlas O and Lionel 21" passenger cars, I now know what each figure requires to place it at a table or side couch. When the figures are glued in place with Krazy Glue, I retouch any flaws that occurred during installation of the Preiser 65602 figures. Be sure to allow an hour or more for fumes from the glue to dissipate. Strong fumes can frost the window glass of a passenger car. (I learned this detailing 120 Walthers HO passenger cars before my eyesight limited my work.
Here are some pictures of the NYC Southwestern Limited Dining Car before the body shell was re-installed.
This thread will develop more slowly than the 20th Century Limited thread because of new work commitments. Staying up late into the night is no longer possible.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
