I have modified two K Line Passenger Car interiors by painting the furniture and carpeting to the floors and lighted drumheads.The UP observation started out as a Santa Fe aluminum observation and I painted it in the UP yellow for a Business Observation.
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Looks very nice.
wow those look fantastic!
Very nice! I've been thinking about doing that to a few of my cars and your pictures have sealed the deal.
very nice!
Very, very nicely executed in every respect.
A couple of questions: How did you do the UP script and board above the windows, and the car name below the windows?
And who was the vendor of the drumhead?
Again, very well done, and thanks for sharing.
You did a great job on those.
Art
Very nice work. I especially like the drumhead and the idea of having passengers on the rear platform. The contrasting edge on some of the tables is also a nice touch. Is the dark colored table actually wood-grained? I can't tell for sure, but it kind of looks like it.
Here's a K-Line business car interior I did a while back. Just a paint job, but what a difference!
Before
After
Very, very nicely executed in every respect.
A couple of questions: How did you do the UP script and board above the windows, and the car name below the windows?
And who was the vendor of the drumhead?
Again, very well done, and thanks for sharing.
Hi Carl
The decals are Microscale and are getting hard to find and the drumhead kits come from Tomar Industries,very njce people deal with,good service.
Mikey
Very nice work. I especially like the drumhead and the idea of having passengers on the rear platform. The contrasting edge on some of the tables is also a nice touch. Is the dark colored table actually wood-grained? I can't tell for sure, but it kind of looks like it.
Here's a K-Line business car interior I did a while back. Just a paint job, but what a difference!
Before
After
Hi Southwest,
The table is part of the Kline plastic white interior,you can also carpet the floor with adhesive back felt sold at stores like Michaels.
Mikey,
Your changes look great. I just got my first set of passenger cars and was thinking about updating the interiors, so thanks for the pictures and ideas.
What size people figures did you use? I took one of my cars apart (Lionel NYC Baby Madison, 6-81754) and the seats look more suited for HO size figures.
Very nice improvement to this car.
you can also carpet the floor with adhesive back felt sold at stores like Michaels.
Great idea!
Very nice job.
i plan on doing this to my ESE cars. anyone know of any good COLOR photos of the empire state's interior circa 1941???? i want to try to match colors as close as possible. carpet, upholstery, etc.
That is great! There's a lot of detail work in those, what a fantastic look it gives. 
I took one of my cars apart (Lionel NYC Baby Madison, 6-81754) and the seats look more suited for HO size figures.
I've found that S-scale figures fit better in most MTH or Lionel passenger cars. The true 1:48 or 1:50 figures are too big as a rule. I have a bunch of 1:75 figures I found on eBay some time back, I've used those in a number of cars.
Mikey,
Your changes look great. I just got my first set of passenger cars and was thinking about updating the interiors, so thanks for the pictures and ideas.
What size people figures did you use? I took one of my cars apart (Lionel NYC Baby Madison, 6-81754) and the seats look more suited for HO size figures.
Steve,
I would go with HO people in the baby madisons,I have to cut the legs off of the Golden Gate Depot people for the 18 inch Lionel,MTH and K Line Cars.
Mikey
Awesome, remember seeing it on the O Gauge Union Pacific Thread
Enjoy your projects. The Kadee coupled Lionel cars looked much better than stock. Almost got me convienced to do mine that way.
Thank you everyone for the ideas. I have MTH Madison cars, and while I have not taken the roofs off, they look like they have nice interiors with everything the same color of course. I want to add passengers, because they way they are, it looks like my railroad is operating its passenger service at a total loss.
Thanks for the tips Mikey and GunRunnerJohn!
Mikey: Thanx for the info. I have a K-Line Milwaukee Road business car that has just been sitting because it just doesn't look right for that RR. In all the photos I've seen of prototype streamlined business cars, the railing around the rear "porch" was stainless steel rods. I've always thought I'd build a replacement for that solid, orange painted railing but never had the chance to do it.
But, your idea of painting the whole thing aluminum looks like a good idea for a "quickie" fix. I'm gonna do that and at the same time, I'll place paint the interior in colors other than the cream that it comes with, place people inside, AND on the back porch, and put the car in service on my RR. I think that it will look just fine at the head end of one of my freight trains.
Thanx again for your photos and thoughts.
Paul Fischer
Hi Mikey • Your improvements to the passenger cars is very well done.
Mikey or anyone,
What company makes the Drumheads? Looking for Lackawanna R.R. , or Phoebe Snow, with preference to the earlier mentioned.
How about sitting people?
How about hand lanterns with nothing (person) holding it?
Thanks to anyone who can help!
Steam Forever
John
Coordinator- Raritan Valley Hi-Railers
N.J. Hi-Railers
Never thought about carpeting the floors. Too much commuter railroad and subway travel in my mind. No carpeting in any of those.
Nice job on the often neglected interior. It is amazing what some color and paper and bits of wood and resin cast seats and leds can do
We offer many passenger car details with more on the horizon here is a link:
http://scalecitydesigns.com/sc...ar-interior-details/
We also have head rest covers here is a link:
http://scalecitydesigns.com/sc...ails/headrest-covers
We also offer place settings plate cup silverware 12 packed here is a link:
John J. Giuliano posted:Mikey or anyone,
What company makes the Drumheads? Looking for Lackawanna R.R. , or Phoebe Snow, with preference to the earlier mentioned.
Tomar makes drumheads:
https://www.tomarindustries.co...umheads.htm#DL&W
Regards
Fred
Like SNCF said,Tomar are the drumheads that I used.
Mikey
Wondering if others have removed the silhouette windows and replaced with clear inserts and then detailed the interiors.
Would be interested in what methods and products were used to modify these types of passenger cars.
Ray
Ray of Sunshine yes you can remove the silhouette and then detail the interior. I personally have done Williams cars that way. We will shortly be offering complete interior kit that have floor plans, but if you want to just fill the interior you can just use our coach seat, or the pullman wood seats. Just check out our website to see some of the options. If you need floor plans send us an email and we will try to help you.
Wow! That's all great, Scale City Designs. I'll have to keep you in mind, but I have too many other projects higher on my mental list; like starting construction on the new layout for one. 
Mark Boyce posted:Wow! That's all great, Scale City Designs. I'll have to keep you in mind, but I have too many other projects higher on my mental list; like starting construction on the new layout for one.
I second that. Also it is great that Scale City are providing the old Keil Line detailing parts, which include a lot of interior as well as exterior parts. Look forward to seeing what the complete interior kits are like.
Another option is using old Walthers passenger car interior kits. They came with bathrooms, chairs, tables and about everything you would need to do a full interior. They come up on the Bay often. Don
Very nice work.
Volphin, that looks awesome. What did you use for the stainless look?
Thanks guys... I use polished aluminum sheeting and matte channel, trimmed in metallic tape for handles and micro black tape to simulate gaps between components.
Volphin, that really looks good. Where did you find food service people?
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