Wow, that is impressive!
Where do you get hat, & what type of media is it, styrene, resin, brass, cardstock, etc?
Are you lighting it to show all that detail & effort off?
Thanks for Sharing!
Trak Works makes the product and can be purchased at the LHS. This being the first one out for the El Cap train probably makes it hard to come by, but they will be available soon at many stores.
The material is paper and almost like thin cardstock. There are hints on dulling the carpet to make it look like carpet. If you watch the following video of the product, it shows an installation and you can see how the product should look. The cutting and folding of the individual items will take some time. I don’t plan on using the lighting kit since the lounge car is fairly open and the detail should be show up nicely at least in the top section. I might set up some lighting in the bottom section since there is a lot of detail there than might need some lighting. The painting guide lists the colors and companies making the paint. That helps a lot since colors are hard to determine from old pictures that are faded.
That’s pretty cool stuff. I hope they find success. I could see a market in them doing the same thing for BLI’s California Zephyr cars. I doubt I’d do many whole cars, but the domes would all be candidates for such a nice makeover.
That is a good idea for the California Zephyr cars. I have that train set also and would like some correct interior information on color and design.
This set is just coming out the and the lounge car is the first of the series. It is the most visable for sure but the High level coach and Diner should be a great challenge also.
I will email the company and make that suggestion so they know some are interested in those kits. The dome portion of the CZ is much shorter but would really show off well.
With three BLI runs already, and more possible in the future, plus brass in the past, there’s a fairly large consumer base for CZ interiors. Makes sense to me.[*-)]
Yes, it is the 1956 train and the ashtrays are built into the table. The small ones have the trays up front and the larger tables has the ash trays at the rear. It was a different era for sure.
OK, then – next challenge! A few packs of different brand cigarettes laying on the tables, next to drinks, along with burning cigarettes here and there (fiber-optics?) and a few stubbed-out butts in those ashtrays, then it’ll really be 1956…[;)]
Just kidding.[:D]
Sounds like a lot of work (but likely no worse the the Durango Press Water Tank I’m building right now), but the results are impressive. My water tank? It’s probably a good thing the tank hides most of the underframing…[:o)]
CZ Thanks for posting about the product and your pictures in progress. Of course I ordered one right away, and it turns out that I had purchased all of the right paint colors, too!!!
I am also curious to know how the car interior was decorated in Amtrak days, as I have a set of those coming as well.
Wow, yes, you have to really see these pics in hi-res to get an appreciation for all the detail that’s visible!
Outstanding stuff. I don’t relish doing all my CZ cars with something like this, should it become available, for the simple reason it’d mean I’ll have to add passengers to all my Blackstone narrowgauge passenger cars. Their interior is already pretty nice, so no need for much more than lighting and passengers, but the SG CZ cars have big windows, which will attract attention to details like these and the people you’ve added, then people will look in the NG cars for those folks, too.
Ah, the perils of a dual-gauge operation.[swg]
This stuff is kind of inspiring to look at. Thanks for the pics.
CZ, that looks like fine work! I love the look you managed to get with your handiwork. I think the results show that this was a fun project and most worthwhile.
