After seeing some of the members kitbashing to make MOW cars and conversing back and forth w/ RATTLER21, who gave me some tips and sent some pix of MOW cars. I decided to try my hands at kitbashing a RR car.
This car isn't any car that I've seen, it's my take on a MOW car. I used a Lionel Lines Irvington passenger car. Cut the top off, filed the sides to make it smooth and even. The floor, side rails and doorway wall is bass wood, the two doors are from the vestibule I cut in half. The window shading in the car and doors are painters tape. The barrels and silver tank are cut out to cover the offsets for the frame screws that secure the body. One pic shows how I made the side rails using styrofoam w/straight edge and straight pins. Spray painted w/ Krylon ruddy brown primer to get the Tuscan red effect. I still have to paint the side rails to get a white wash, paint the brown barrels and also put Pennsy decals on the sides.
NOTE: I used a radial arm saw w/plywood blade to make the initial cut. Using a radial arm saw can be dangerous if the blade binds and catches the car body it can send fragmented plastic parts flying around.
