AHM Passenger cars

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
1

Greetings,

I have a set of AHM heavyweight 1920 passenger cars that I would like interiors for.

Will the ones IHC sells fit for AHM/Rivarossi?

Thanks,

Mark in Texas

2

Probably not! However it is not rocket science to whack the interior to fit the car. I had to do several cuts to force them into Palace Cars.
LOL Lindsay

3

I think they will as IHC & Rivarossi passenger cars are pretty much the same.
But as wlindsays says, just cut to fit if you need to.

Gordon

4

Dont forget to place people inside before finishing the work. =) The People will draw the attention away from “unfinished” areas of the cars he he.

Lee

5

Greetings,

Thanks, Will try a car at a time and see what happens.

And yes people too.:slight_smile:

Mark

6

Pikestuff makes passenger car seats in a variety of colors. It should not be too difficult to make your own interior if the IHC interior does not seem right. As far as cutting and changing — my experience as a railfan is that a person on the outside of a passenger car usually cannot see inside particularly well so this is probably a case where “good enough” should be the working standard. About a year ago I labored to detail the interior of a caboose including actual glass windows (from glass slide covers) – almost none of it is actually visible! I could have been far more approximate.
Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson

7

Another option is to use Red Cap Lines interior coach kit for partitions, restroom kit for the restrooms, their Heywood Wakefield Sleepy Hollow seats will work for the coach, their sofa will work for the sleepers and the lounge seats will work for the obs. The instruction for the coach interior states that will do one car, however, with judious use, you can do multiple cars. Ch

8

The current IHC interiors are the same ones designed for the AHM cars. They both are made by Rivarossi. IHC is just the current incarnation of AHM. The address of AHM was Tioga St in Philadelphia. IIRC 12 Tioga and the address of IHC is Tioga St in Philadelphia. IHC and AHM are/were importers and not manufacturers. They are the same car , with minor improvements in trucks and some details but still basic same car.

9

Greetings,

I have a set of AHM heavyweight 1920 passenger cars that I would like interiors for.

Will the ones IHC sells fit for AHM/Rivarossi?

Thanks,

Mark in Texas

10

Probably not! However it is not rocket science to whack the interior to fit the car. I had to do several cuts to force them into Palace Cars.
LOL Lindsay

11

I think they will as IHC & Rivarossi passenger cars are pretty much the same.
But as wlindsays says, just cut to fit if you need to.

Gordon

12

Dont forget to place people inside before finishing the work. =) The People will draw the attention away from “unfinished” areas of the cars he he.

Lee

13

Greetings,

Thanks, Will try a car at a time and see what happens.

And yes people too.:slight_smile:

Mark

14

Pikestuff makes passenger car seats in a variety of colors. It should not be too difficult to make your own interior if the IHC interior does not seem right. As far as cutting and changing — my experience as a railfan is that a person on the outside of a passenger car usually cannot see inside particularly well so this is probably a case where “good enough” should be the working standard. About a year ago I labored to detail the interior of a caboose including actual glass windows (from glass slide covers) – almost none of it is actually visible! I could have been far more approximate.
Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson

15

Another option is to use Red Cap Lines interior coach kit for partitions, restroom kit for the restrooms, their Heywood Wakefield Sleepy Hollow seats will work for the coach, their sofa will work for the sleepers and the lounge seats will work for the obs. The instruction for the coach interior states that will do one car, however, with judious use, you can do multiple cars. Ch

16

The current IHC interiors are the same ones designed for the AHM cars. They both are made by Rivarossi. IHC is just the current incarnation of AHM. The address of AHM was Tioga St in Philadelphia. IIRC 12 Tioga and the address of IHC is Tioga St in Philadelphia. IHC and AHM are/were importers and not manufacturers. They are the same car , with minor improvements in trucks and some details but still basic same car.