As promised, here are the sides from Union Station Products. The sides are made out of .030 Styrene, both white and clear. I ordered both the Power car and Portola sleeper car sides.
I have already added the battens, glued the clear inner spacer in place, and added the doors to all four of the sides . This brings the total thickness to .060. I need another .040 to bring the sides to the standard thickness of .100 as manufactured by Lionel. Everything is in white, so it's hard to see some of the detail. You can just barely see the battens on the sides.
A NYC coach car is used as a donor car. Yes, I know sacrilege by some of the NYC fans. But, it's what I have to work with.
Taped up and ready to start surgically removing the side. I'm cutting just a cats hair below the rivet line.
And so it begins, I started off using a Dremel tool, but I didn't like the way it cut. I settled on using a fine tooth hacksaw blade. Easier to control.
The side removed, Now I have to clean up the edges, and add the .040 to the side. Then it'll be ready to install.
Until next time...
