Lou1985 posted:Nice job.
I made my own end cap because I did not want to purchase a whole car just for the end cap. Then I'd have to go through the trouble of selling the rest of the leftover car.
I tried sacrificing a K-Line Golden Divan for my Lionel dome and it truly was a "sacrifice" because nothing lined up. I whittled away at it but couldn't get the profile or the guts to line up, ruined the end cap, threw in the towel and started posting a Topic on the Forum. My belief that K-Line copied Lionel exactly was debunked and I now have the leftover parts, per Lou's speculation.
However, inspired by your fine work and Lou's great success, my next attempt will use a standard Lionel car end casting as a platform on which to build my own blunt-end cap. Starting out with guts and carbody profile that line up plus standard attaching hardware functional seems like the way to go. Thanks to all who contributed!
Once, again, the Forum turns out to be the most important tool in my toolbox!
