SUPERLINER

Patience is a must for rail modellers, JP.   

The photos are fine.  We can see where you're going. 

Thanks, Max! 

'Keep on cutting windows.....

jp

Hopefully you are mass producing these and a lot of Amtrak  fans are going to be broke....

Your work rivals BRASS$!!!

The roomettes are horrible on the superliners. The bedrooms are the only way to go on superliners.

Thanks, ATERRY11! mass producing! if I were young, ...too late now for me! 

I agree, EDDIE G, from here, on the photos, I think that roomettes don't give a lot of space; for one person perhaps? The bedrooms are wider and have a better fitting out.

jpv69

today's work: the first intenal face is done with the frame glued on (bottom of the photo):

The two holes in length are for inserts of the upper level floor (same two on the other side not on the shot).

The external face will be glued on the frame to look like that:

It will remain to fitt the window blocks...

See you soon

jpv

Does somebody know the meaning of the numbers on the little board (to the left on the photo): car number, train number, time, anything else?

Thanks also to you who press the "like button"!

jpv69

Keep on cutting windows on the last face....

Next week, I will give to my "3D guy" .stl files for the seats to make for me a prototype. Perhaps it will interest some of you, as said at the beginning of this topic.

As soon I receive it, I will show you 

The seat is made of several parts for easy painting; when I created it, I had thought to put on real cloth! perhaps stupid but I liked the idea... so do something good  !!!

jpv

The cloth idea sounds exquisite!

jpv69 posted:

Does somebody know the meaning of the numbers on the little board (to the left on the photo): car number, train number, time, anything else?

Some discussion here:

http://discuss.amtraktrains.co...g-car-numbering-101/

Posted 28 April 2009 - 01:09 PM

jpv69 posted:

Does somebody know the meaning of the numbers on the little board (to the left on the photo): car number, train number, time, anything else?

Thanks also to you who press the "like button"!

jpv69

Train and car number.

Yes, Max, I think so! certainly not very easy to do; interesting but meticulous! I have to find a very thin cloth!

Thanks for the information  to ACE and RDUNNIII, it's really nice  !

Cutting windows is finished!!!!!!!!!! 

jpv

Just lack some 0,5 x 0,5 mm strips to finish the last face!

I just noticed that I made a mistake on a face (the third one on the photo): I cut the strips above the second window of the lower level instead of the first one near the door.... !!!

jpv

Hello,

Assembly test of the floor into the inside face and on the lower level interior; at first sight, all is good! 

Hope you like

jpv 69

I do - er - did.  

Thanks, Max,

The second internal face is done and also the "carpet"  laying on the upper level.

Crikey!  How long are these beasts?

530 mm, sir.

85-1/2 feet over the coupler faces

Some 3D pieces delivered today:

The two ends of the car, stairs, upper level partitions and four little pieces for the assembly with the roof; they will be glued inside of the end faces. I have these pieces made because the curve of the roof and the partitions is very special and to have exactly the same shape for each would have been not easy!

Now, it's time to work!

jpv

Beautiful!

Dan Weinhold

The more I see the more I reference recent trips on the Texas Eagle. 

Thanks for your comments!

Mike---> as I'm too far away to appreciate, and for my information, how is the comfort on a superliner (silence, seats,...)? 

I finished today the design of the truck in 3D. Now I have to make its components easy to do in 3D printing; it's the most difficult! but take heart!!! 

Always done with SKETCHUP Make (free version)

jpv69

So wonderful 

keep up the good work 

jpv69 posted:

Thanks for your comments!

Mike---> as I'm too far away to appreciate, and for my information, how is the comfort on a superliner (silence, seats,...)? 

I finished today the design of the truck in 3D. Now I have to make its components easy to do in 3D printing; it's the most difficult! but take heart!!! 

Always done with SKETCHUP Make (free version)

jpv69

The ride and comfort on a superliner is one of the better experiences you'll have in the US.  Certainly not on par with most European trains, but if comparing Superlines vs Amfleet vs Horizon for short/medium distances the Superliner will win out, as the seating offers greater leg room, folding leg supports (can sleep in the coach seating) vs just a foot rest in Amfleet or Horizon cars.  Long distance depending on which accommodations you pick, some say certain options can be cramped, etc... but realistically that is the only choice in many cases when traveling by rail.

Mike DeBerg posted:

 

The ride and comfort on a superliner is one of the better experiences you'll have in the US.  Certainly not on par with most European trains, but if comparing Superlines vs Amfleet vs Horizon for short/medium distances the Superliner will win out, as the seating offers greater leg room, folding leg supports (can sleep in the coach seating) vs just a foot rest in Amfleet or Horizon cars. 

Correct regarding Amfleet 1 cars. Amfleet 2 have leg rests + footrests, and a substantially greater seat pitch. I've done enough 9 to 17-hour trips in them to know

---PCJ

Interesting, thanks for the heads up. 

I wonder if that is system wide for the Amfleet II cars?  All of the Amfleet II's I've ridden in the Midwest corridor haven't had the leg rests.  

Many thanks for your comments and informations!

Today, painting the internal parts and the stairs, but...the spray is empty...!!! not enough to finish!!!! 

Only thing to do tomorrow: go to the shop!

The truck looks good in the picture, JP.  Will you be using aftermarket wheels?

Also, you might want to consider fitting pick up wipers for the interior lighting?

Cheers

This is a wonderful thread....am really enjoying the build!!

Alan

Max ----> for the wheels: probably from NWSL, for interior lightning, no pick up wipers, batteries put in the spaces over the trucks each side of the car.

hope it's enough legible!

Alan----> many thanks to you! it's far from over!!

Now, it's time to go to bed (here! )

jpv (being sleepy!)

Nifty. 

OGR Ad Man posted:

This is a wonderful thread....am really enjoying the build!!

Alan

well spoken Al.

Thanks to you, Bob and Max,

Max, for the wheels, I will also look at AMZ (Albert Munz in Germany) who makes very accurate wheels and axles; it avoids me the shipping costs from the USA....!

jpv

You can now attain the upper level, but, be careful, there is no floor yet! 

jpv

Here are the two end platforms over the trucks with the batteries for lights inside the car (LED strips not yet arrived) and their bases, not glued on the platforms, just layed down between two strips of styrene (1,5 x 2 mm); it's easier if I have to remove them.

Two holes in front for kadee couplers and one hole for trucks rotation axles. I have to do holes for the on/off switches when I will get them.

The two end partitions for the upper level are not painted; it's just self adhesive paper coloured with SKETCHUP textures.The blue color is not exactly the same for the one at the bottom; the ink cartridge is empty! obviously!!!

jpv 

OGR Ad Man posted:

This is a wonderful thread....am really enjoying the build!!

Alan

Me too 

Thanks, Eric! it's very kind.

jpv

------> P51,

I refer to your post of the last 30th of june; here is how I imagine the bedroom areas in the 2nd car(it's not yet complete; lacks the upper bed):

But it's not for tomorrow.....later...later! 

jpv

jpv69 posted:

------> P51,

I refer to your post of the last 30th of june; here is how I imagine the bedroom areas in the 2nd car(it's not yet complete; lacks the upper bed):

But it's not for tomorrow.....later...later! 

jpv

 

Maybe the design changed over the years, but the roomettes I rode in last year lacked that center white pillar (which I have no idea what it is from your graphics). Maybe the earlier ones had a different look to them? If you want, I think I might have taken some photos of the roomettes if you'd need any later on.