nw2124 posted:Erik: Great idea, the HO Walthers' cars.
I will be buying the HO UP dome/coach and use the correct Delta AC&F seats to do the interior of the Wasatch car.
Best Regards,
Stephen
Well, you can of course do as you wish -- one reason this is such a great hobby -- but I would never assume the interior of a model is correct, whether the model cost $70 or $700. Here are some 0 scale examples from my personal experience that readily come to mind:
A. The builder did a run of cars, in three different paint schemes. The scheme with the smallest run reflected an upgraded car which had a different interior; the builder knew that, but used the same interior for all three for cost reasons.
B. The builder copied HO cars from another builder, right down to car numbers, etc. Apparently the HO builder just got it wrong -- perhaps from looking at preserved cars rather than what they looked like 'back in the day'.....
C. The builder outfitted the attendant's compartment as a standard sleeping compartment. Considering how available this info was, and the price of the car, no good excuse.
D. The builder used the existing interior for a car with a similar bodyshell in a car with a 80% different interior.
In short: Don't trust, just verify.
SZ
PS In my experience a good source of car interior plans are the Carbuilder's Cyc's; unfortunately my oldest one predates your dome car by about two years. I can't remember if Railway Age still published car layouts, etc, in the '50's or not -- I no longer have my RA bound volumes.... . You could try an inter-library loan for a Cyc.
PPS I am using builder above in the sense of whose name is on the box.
