@ogaugeguy posted:While I realize, Randy, that you're doing these cars for your own use, I have no doubt if you also did ones to sell that you'd be swamped with orders from folks who love running them behind their Seashore Reading Lines engine. I know I'd buy a set.
The thought of selling these coaches did briefly cross my mind, but, the cost of these coaches would be extremely high. I am using MTH Rugged Rails, O-27 heavyweight coaches that I dismantle completely, repaint, install LED strip lighting, and custom made decals. The interior is hand painted. I have about 3 1/2 hours into the one, incomplete coach that I have been using in this thread to share my progress. There is much more to do on this coach. So far, this project has been fun because I have no deadline to meet. I don't want a fun activity to become a job.
For anyone who wants to try it themselves, I will gladly share a .pdf of the decal artwork with them and they can contact Highball Graphics to have a sheet of decals made for them. Contact me by E-Mail if you want a copy of the artwork. My E-Mail address is in my profile. The paint I am using for the main car body is Scale Coat, caboose red from Minuteman Models. The roof is Krylon flat black. The blue for the interior is a Testors spray paint of light blue. The red on the seats is from a small bottle of Testors dark red paint. The ceiling of the coach (the reverse side of the roof) is a flat white to maximize the the illumination from the LED strip lighting. The interface between the track power and the LED strips is a device designed by our esteemed Forum member, gunrunnerjohn and can be purchased from Henning's Trains in Eastern Pennsylvania. I also can give guidance as needed by phone (I DON'T do text messages!!!) to anyone interested so they can learn from my many mistakes I had to rectify
Thank you for your kind words and vote of confidence in my work, to date.
