New Haven Pullman Bradley Grill Car

Dave Connolly (Dave_C) has done one.  Contact him.

I can only take credit for the idea. Not the modeling. Way beyond my skill level. The once local shop that I frequented had a gentlemen that worked that was a great modeler and also a NH fan. I proposed the idea to him and this is what he came up with. More than I had hoped for as far as interior detailing. He worked with styrene and removed the doors and filled in some windows on one side. He did use the stock Weaver coach seats at the tables but repainted everything in the correct colors. The tables are just styrene stock. Not sure what he used for the tables stands. He scratchbuilt the bar from styrene. He modeled in G scale. Which would explain the larger lettering and no. .

As far as a reference book. New Haven RR's Streamline Passenger Fleet has some photos and info.. As far as lettering. Clover House has NH passenger car dry transfers. As far as paint. Scalecoat if you can find it. Or Badger Modelelflex both offer Hunter Green.

I was fortunate enough for one of our fellow forumites to offer me 2 of these cars (thanks again Mike!).

I turned one into the coaches that Seaboard Air Line had, swapping the windows around on one end of the car and altering the seating inside to match (last 3 windows on left end in the photo below):

I have plans to modify the 2nd car into a SAL Combine:

I don't expect to start until sometime after Christmas.

These are such beautiful cars, I hated to make that 1st cut.  It turned out much better than I had anticipated, but I'm not looking forward to doing the combine.

Dave_C and Marty,

Thank you. 

What a remarkable job!

Do you think he would be up for an encore?

Bob Delbridge,

Did you strip the original paint before repainting?

If so, what did you use to strip it?

Yes, I used 90% Isopropyl Alcohol to strip the paint.  I bought 4 quarts at CVS Pharmacy and used an aluminum pan (one of those cheap ones you see in grocery stores for cooking a turkey in).  If I recall, it took quite a while to get all the paint off (a soft bristle toothbrush helps).

Just take your time and let the alcohol do its job.

Gorgeous cars!

Peter

Peter, they certainly are.  I almost hated to strip the paint off the C&O car, such a nice paint scheme, and spray that plain SAL Pullman Green scheme on it.

Built very well and easy to disassemble.  The lighting circuit board is nicely made and isn't as bright as most other car lighting (looks more realistic IMO), I need to see if I can power it using a battery.

Nice work! Are these the 'American Flyer' cars?

man I really wanted to hack one of theses into a  diner cars sans east wind a lot of cutting if you can find one!!