match the old. This is right in line with logging railroad practice –
they’d use whatever they had on hand to do the job. In my opin-
ion, it adds some interest to a semi-oddball piece of rolling stock.
After the windows were in place I added hand grabs made from
.015” brass wire next to the baggage compartment doors. This
wire was just a handy piece I had in my scrap box rather than
being selected for a specific reason. Likewise, some flat brass
stock was used to add the step supports shown with the hand
grabs in [5]. Medium-viscosity CA secured the parts in place.
From this point on in the project, I supported the car body with
wood scraps to avoid damaging the fairly delicate step hang-
ers. I sized the hangers to accommodate steps and kickplate
backers made from 2x10 scale lumber that was colored with an
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5. Two additional windows, brass wire hand grabs and
brass strip step supports had been added by this point.
