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I'm in the process of building a couple of C&O Pullman Standard passenger cars using the USP car sides. When I bought the sides I looked at what USP's core kit and thought it would be way too flimsy to build a car around. Also, when I got the car sides I didn't like the clear plastic that is supposed to reinforce the sides. Having built several American Lightweight Car Co. kits I tried using the ALW kit and just substituted the USP sides for the ALW sides.

This is a C&O 5 bedroom, lounge, blunt end observation on K-Line trucks.

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This has been pretty successful. I like the USP sides as they come with skirts and the vestibule doors in one piece instead of separate pieces in the ALW kit.

I recently bought a couple of old ICC passenger kits to use as cores for the USP sides. I really like these as the assembly is simpler and results in a fairly strong car. The sides are built up using ALW's technique and glued to the ICC ends, vestibule, and floor. This is a C&O 11 double bedroom car riding on Atlas trucks. I haven't figured out how to secure the roof to the car yet.

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Budd cars should be doable with the ICC kit. You would have to cut the roof from the USP sides and glue it to the smooth ICC roof, but it should work.

Ken

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