It's been a few months since I posted an update on this car but I wanted to show the current state of the Union Pacific Observation Dome Lounge car project. The next item was to fix the incorrect number on to the outside of the car and add a handrail inside down the main hallway.
This car started off as a dome diner numbered #8003. A correct Union Pacific, City of Los Angeles Observation Dome Lounge car number from 1955 should be between 9000 ~ 9004. The Union Pacific City of Portland observation cars were numbered 9005 ~ 9009 and the City of St. Louis cars were numbered 9010 ~ 9014.
To get correct numbers on the sides of this car I purchased the Microscale decal sheet 48-136. This easiest City of Los Angeles number found on this Microscale sheet between the range of 9000 ~ 9004 was going to be "9004".
The next step was to remove the original painted #8003 numbers off the sides of this K-Line car. Here are some close up views before.
And what it looked like after. I used a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Extra Durable and cut off a 1/4" x 1/4" square to remove the red painted numbers.
Once the old numbers were removed I applied the new Microscale numbers per the instructions.
And, here's a look at the sides of the 9004 Observation Dome Lounge car.
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