Daniel Raible posted:For what it's worth, the cars look great! Could you elaborate a bit on some details? If I am understanding correctly, you had to carefully align the window openings in the USP wrap with the openings in the OK shell, is that correct?
Also, are the car ends and underbody details from OK as well?
Thanks in advance. I am trying to learn about these options to put together an action plan for some cars of my own.
Daniel,
Thanks! They did come out well enough. Also thanks to Christine Braden who paints my CVSR cars for me, her paint job helps tremendously! There are a number of grab irons that need added. I want to add some strip material around the added open steps, see attached pic of a "metro" car on last weeks CVSR Polar Express. 
The trucks need to be painted black. The undercarriage and ends as well as trucks were there already from the donor Lionel coaches. I chose coaches so that the undercarriage and interior would be more Similar. The existing car remains except you are wrapping the sides and roof around the car. I had a few blemishes along the seam where I had to cut the wrap to salvage the ill fitting wrap. This is in no way USP fault. Main advice I can offer is to give yourself larger cuts beyond what is needed for the USP window areas. Test fit as tightly to the donor car as you can. I should have clamped it down harder but was trying to avoid damaging the new exterior wrap. Also, I tried 2 kinds of double sided tape, and the thicker more heavy duty tape is much better. USP suggests using tape vs glue. I did use glue to apply the slab siding and other strips that come with the wraps. Blemishes are all over the real cars after a half century of hard use. I will add better pictures this week as time allows. USP also sells a clear core that you can use to build your car around if you do not have a donor car you can use.
Scott
