Some of my blog visitors have expressed a desire for me to post how I build and detail my models from the beginning of the construction to the final product. I have elected to show you, my friends, how I decide to construct a model and what processes I use to accomplish it. Here is the first post of some pictures I will make as I progress with this model. I have chosen to build a Pullman Heavyweight Dining Car painted and lettered for the C&NW subsidiary Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha (Omaha Road). The car will be numbered #543 and actual diner was in service until 1959. In the below pictures I have begun the process of preparing the car for construction. I found this very old completed Walther's kit at a Lionel Train Show several years ago. I had it in a box of old kits that I thought I would build eventually when I found the time and desire. Since I model the C&NW in
1958 through 1960, I felt this model would be a great idea. I finally had a chance to begin this model, by first dismantling the car down to its basic components and stripping them of paint and other prior details. This kit was quite old and some of the parts were not salvageable for the model I wanted to make. What is pictured here is what I was able to save and reuse in the proposed model. I have collected a considerable amount of detail parts to add to this model. When I have built passenger train models in the past I will add a complete interior to include bathrooms, lounges, tables, seats, and best of all passengers. This particular model will be somewhat challenging as there are not a lot of detail parts available online for dining cars. Some will have to be scratch-built, such as the kitchen items - broilers, sinks, make tables, and refrigerators. One of my biggest problems was finding a good picture if the interior of a dining car kitchen. I will periodically post pictures of the progress of this car as I build it. I hope you, my friends, will find this a fascinating pictorial journey of the creation of this model. Hope you enjoy my future posts. Best wishes Bill"
