rbrown7713 Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Here is one side of the car with windows. Boy, it sure is tedious work installing these things, can't wait until it's over. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Are you pleased with the results ? It looks great .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 Thanks Sean, but I always think that I could have done better. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 I am going to have a minimum passenger onboard. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 I don't think that I will put an interior in the other cars, you can't see anything anyway with the smoked glass. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 So it's a smoking car ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 1:32 Amtrak P42's and Superliner coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 OK, back to the observation/lounge car. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 A few tables on the lower floor. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 Here is my solution to only having to use one row of lighting in the roof of the Superliner. I have a strip of clear glass in the upper floor letting the light shine down to the lower level. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 The floor lighting works. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Great idea .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Thanks Sean. I just purchased some lighting from Rapido. They call them Easy Peasy lights. You just tape them on the roof and they are turned on and off by a magnet sliding it on the top of the roof. Can't get any easier than that. The batteries are in the light strip. There is another type that also tapes on the inside of the roof and as soon as the engine moves the cars, the lights come on for three minutes, unless there is more movement. Pretty neat. No batteries to mount, no switch to mount and no wires, wow. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciek Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Nice job on the Superliners. Have you thought about the original models built for Santa Fe? Being in California for a few months in 1994 it was still possible to see them intermixed with the newer ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 No, these are difficult enough to build. The Santa Fe's are a bit more demanding to replicate, no, these are enough challenge for me. Thanks for the compliment. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 Here is my attempt at dry transfer decals. Looks like it has been on there a long time. These are not easy to do, but I will get better at it. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Nice .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 I thought that I would use the supposedly advanced dry transfer decals and they are not worth the trouble, lots of work, and the procedure is not stable. I talked to the Pro-FX guy and he told me that it depends on how far you hold the spray and how many times that you spray the decal. Well, not to convincing to me as to the ease of application. I couldn't get it to work the second decal, so I went back to the tried and true water slide decal from Testors and they worked beautifully. I printed them out on an Alps printer. I waisted lots of money on that Pro-Fx kit. Here is the Alps printed water slide decal 76, Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 These decals were printed at 600dpi with the Alps printer and easy to apply unlike the ProFx rub ons. Boy what a mistake to even consider the ProFx decals. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 I'm going to run this 1:32 Amfleet coach with the Superliner train. Now the windows. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Progress marches on. More seats, more people, one poured mold for the small seats. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Some more pictures. One down seven to go. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 This is going to be a great looking train .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrown7713 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 I hope so Sean. One good thing came out of having to fit the window frames inside of the Amfleet car. They look better that way, so for the rest of the Superliner cars, I will be using that approach. My next car will be a transition Superliner coach. Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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