@Hancock52 posted:@T.Albers I will get the measurements from one of my dome cars although I cannot guarantee that they will be scale accurate for your purposes because the cars are nearly full-1/48 scale at 21” length. The domes appear to be separate plastic moldings (see photo below) but unlike the first run of 21” ABS dome cars, which were non-prototypical, they are not just snap-fitted into the rest of the body shell (and on my project I avoided trying to take them out). I think that they may be slightly smaller in proportion compared to your line drawing above but certainly the best effort made to date in 3rail O scale - not even GGD has done anything similar.
Thank you @Hancock52
I agree, those Lionel cars have the best looking ACF domes I have seen in 3 rail. I don't need all the dome measurements, just a few. 1. Across the top of the domes flat center roof section. 2. Bottom vertical panel on the domes lower edge. 3. Width of the curved window beams.
Compared to the other projects I have attempted on this forum I feel this is one of my lower risk undertakings. If I really mess something up while building this new dome structure I can always go back to the original factory K-Line dome.
