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@Pingman posted:
Superb. As outstanding as your exterior modeling is (e.g. utilizing CNC machining to alter the window pattern of the aluminum shell), I believe you surpass those skills with the interior's fidelity to the prototype.
Thanks for sharing the nitty gritty details and sourcing of product.

Thank you @Pingman !

In the Pacific Shore interior I was trying to find new and unique figures I have not used in the other passenger cars. Doing this helped me separate the look of this interior from other sleeping cars. The passenger in the gray suit was from Arttista #1335 called man driving. To make him fit this scene I gave him legs, feet, eyes and a magazine to hold.

The grandmother in room "D" in was from Arttista pack #1291, called young couple driving. To make her fit this scene I separated her from the male figure in the package then gave her legs, a right arm, eyes and a purse to hold. Grandma brushed her hair this morning and is getting ready for arrival. The male figure from this Arttista pack #1291 was used in room #A as the Tony Curtis look-a-like.

The money inside the suitcase was a surprise to me. I started painting the contents and found stacks and stacks of cash inside! I didn't know Preiser kit number 65811 had this fun detail. At that point, I new this suitcase with money had to been in the room with the cowboy shaving.

The small roomettes have enough room for K-Line figures. So I repainted the K-Line people and gave them eyes with a 0.05 Staedtler pen. I feel adding eyes make these passengers come alive. As you can see this business passenger in roomette #4 is hard at work studying the latest Union Pacific magazine with a E8 going around Sullivan's curve in the Cajon Pass on the front cover.

I made the K-Line passenger in roomette #7 painting her toenails with shoes off to drawn the viewers attention to the floor and away from the privacy curtain. This privacy curtain is closed in this scene because the wiring for the LED circuit board is just on the other side.