City of Miami part 2 - 10
are five different colors. Only having a vaguely written description,
your guess is as good as mine. The chair at the writing desk has
no arms in the postcard photos. The chair from Red Cap restroom
package has no arms and is a good match.
A table in the rear lounge area was made completely from card
stock. I added one of the newspapers I made in Photoshop to the
top of the table. The newspapers I sprinkled about the train are
made using the masthead of the Chicago Times with the headline
from their archives for the morning of Dec. 18, 1940, the day of
the inaugural run of the City of Miami.
The dinette booths come as separate pieces, the table surface,
and the booth. I had to cut the table surface size down slightly.
I wrapped the table surfaces with paper printed in zebra-wood,
matching the written description of the tables. I painted the
rest of the booth a “bamboo” color. When the paint had dried,
I wrapped the backs of the booths in paper done in a bamboo
pattern, The paper also covers the sides of the booths and hides
where I used a Dremel tool to grind them down, sizing them for
the car. The table tops are glued to table bases, and the booths to
the floor.
Finally, to the tables in the lounge areas. Printing table tops on
card stock with zebra-wood was not a problem, but how to simu-
late the pedestals they sit on? Pins and drilling thru the floor? I
tried super gluing the tables to the tops of #00 pins, but it would
not hold. So, pins thru the table tops, leaving the pin tops on top
of the tables? That didn’t work either.
Next I tried using some #1 paper clips and pliers. I would bend a
paper clip creating a flat surface and glue on the tabletop. Then
I put the paperclip thru the floor. It worked, so the remainder of
22: The nurse’s office and adjacent lounge. The nurse
has been added and is patiently waiting for any pas-
sengers that may need her service.
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21: The nurse’s lounge portion of the coach kit. Time
to get the paint out and start painting the details.
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MRH-Aug 2013
