Thanks John and Roy. I do initial and date my cars - began doing that at the beginning of the pandemic as I was building/painting so many I wanted to keep track.
I detailed the ends last weekend. Ladders are precision scale, trimmed and mounted on posts of Phos. Bronze wire. The Ajax handbrake is also precision scale, with a piece of scale chain attached. The rest of the brake rod is more Phos. Bronze wire. The foot board is made out of some scrap wood and brass strip.
Running board supports were made from 1/16" square stock laid over the battens. Peaks were sanded flat with the large sanding block I used on the roof sheets. The roof walks themselves will be painted separately and added later, as it's hard to paint beneath them.
Last detail is the end steps. Scale City Designs provided the closest design to the ones I needed - I needed to add another step.
Heavy construction has ended, onto paint.
~Chris
