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2: The IHC version of the color scheme using the scar-
let letters.
3: The MTH version of the color scheme using the
green letters.
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move, and it wasn’t until about 2002 that I found it again. Even
though I didn’t have a layout, I decided to see what I could do
about building the City of Miami.
The cars
By 2004, I found that IHC made 8 different cars in the City of
Miami scheme. Using the Sommers book as a refrence, I found
that the City of Miami only used 5 different car types in the 7
car consist, and 2 of those were different versions of the coach.
I decided to buy a copy of all 8 cars offered by IHC, plus 3 extra
coaches. I also bought the matching interior kits for each car
that I bought.
Among the people I have talked to about the City of Miami
paint scheme, there are two schools of thought. Some say
the lettering on the cars and road number of the engine were
4: The parts of the weight kit laid out before assembly.
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green, others red, or scarlet. I’m of the scarlet camp, and so
was IHC when they painted the cars.
I used the interior kits that were availabe and simple to install.
However, I opted out of lighting the insides of the cars. I will go
over the interior detailing in Part 2.
I also went to a local hobby store and purchased enough Kadee
#5/508 Talgo mounting kits to redo all the couplers. McHenrys
would have been another option.
I set the cars aside at this time to focus on the engine. It wasn’t
until 2010 that I got back to the passenger cars. While work-
ing with another set of IHC cars, for IC Panama Limited, I found
that the cars were too light. This prompted an online search
and I found Adair Shops. (IHC went out of business in 2009).
Each weight system for a given car is a bunch of metal pieces in
different sizes and shapes, and putting them into the car is like
MRH-Jul 2013
