Joe Fisher passenger car modification

Not exactly on this subject but here are some samples of a Joe Fischer partially disassembled for examination. 

He was a master that much is certain.

Tried to capture those rivets.. I'm told he used a pizza cutter wheel with the evenly spaced pointers to score the Bristol. Neat innovation..



Paintwork and decals were pretty nice. The crooked C can only mean he was pushing these models out pretty fast. A weekend maybe it a week per car?

His painting techniques are rock solid.

I just love the carpet... The fuzzy paper is just terrific.
And his attention to color scheme in the interiors. In so many ways these are a historical reference and glimpse into the actual colors these old Pullman cars had. He made many of these models when these cars were the contemporary. I'm sure he would seek actual color samples against the real prototype cars whenever possible.

Good man.

I would not mess with them.  If you want lights, get some GGD Pullmans and mess with them.

Hi Erik

 

The wheel is called a ponce wheel.  It's used by dressmakers.

 

Run it on the reverse side of some paper or light card (using a ruler to keep it straight).

 

Cheers

I looked for one with suitable O Scale spacing - no dice.  I still cannot bring myself to use card stock, but may on my aluminum B unit.  I found an old typewriter that will do the trick, although not as fast as a Ponce wheel.

All the way back in 1949, there were 2 articles in Model Railroader that he wrote that described all of his techniques in good detail.

I have them. Good stuff

Others might not - good stuff indeed - serious "how to"......

 

That entire year of MR seems to have a lot of interesting articles, advertisements, and product reviews.

 

Folks actually built stuff!!!

Thanks for the advice. The pictures helped too. I have determined one of the cars is a Joe Fisher and I'll leave it untouched. The others are not, sadly, but they are quirky and adorable.  I'll post some pictures of them when I get a chance. I'm not sure who built them. 

Adam wrote:

 

i will in all likelihood be running dead rail, so the other option would be to run them without lights.

 

Another dead (rail) head in the crowd

 

No need to run them without lights, just find a spot to accommodate a small LiPo battery pack and an on/off switch connected to the LEDs.  A charging jack can be installed in the car or the battery can be pulled out to recharge.

 

When I get thru with my other projects I'll be working on this for several passenger cars.