the sidebar for the consist). On the practical side, the differ-
ences don’t show on the outside, as the window arrangements
remain the same.
The differences are as follows: All four coaches have unique
names and numbers (covered by the renumbering and nam-
ing I did). The Camellia has a slightly different design from the
other three. It has eight fewer passenger spaces, four seats.
It had a nurses quarters, and it was for women only. On the
inside of the standard coach, there was a small lounge at each
end of the car and revenue seats in between. One lounge was
for men and one for women. I decided that, for now, changing
the interior kit isn’t worth the effort. I can always come back
and change that decision later.
Drumhead
The IHC c observation car did have one detail wrong. On the
rear of the observation car is a red lens, as if some sort of light
was to shine there. The City of Miami had a uniquely shaped
drumhead in that position. There was no correct version of this
drumhead commercially available.
While the IC streamliners book has a nice photo of the correct
drumhead, scanning it does not work. The scan is too pixelated
to be usable. Fellow IC modeler Todd Brinkmeyer found the
digital image he had made up for his decal set and was nice
enough to send it to me.
Using Photoshop, I made up several versions of the drumhead,
with slightly different yellows and with slight variations in size,
about 10% between sizes. I printed all the variations onto a half
page of card stock. Using a brand new #11 blade in my X-Acto
knife I cut out the ones with the best matching yellow color in
