by Pullman-Standard as Plan 7523 and later had its fluting below the windows removed for simpler maintenance. In later years the skirts were also removed for easier access to the underbody. The milled styrene sides from the kit were very easy to work with despite the fact that they were slightly short of the 85- foot core kit length. Small strips
of
.020″×.060″ styrene were added to the ends of each side to make up for the dif- ference. The skirting was trimmed off with a sharp blade, and fluting from the kit was added above the windows. To represent the raised seams below the windows, I added thin strips of masking tape and made sure they were aligned and parallel before gluing in place with cyanoacrylate. The letterboards were added according to the kit instructions, using a strip of overturned fluting cut to the proper length. Dimples for grabs were already milled into the sides so I drilled them out with a No. 80 bit and used .008″ wire to make the grabs. One of the hardest things was matching the underframe details, as it took me count- less hours to approximate the location of battery boxes, storage tanks and the distinctive Waukesha I.C.E. Enginator. The 56-seat coach was built by Budd in 1948 and acquired by the Rock Island in 1957. The coach was different from others in the same era as it had a Baker heater in the vestibule end which re- quired an additional emergency exit door near the blind end. Being a Budd built car, the normal smooth-side roof did not fit the prototype so I replaced it with a more-accurate Budd sleeper roof from Kato. Although not a perfect match, the fluted pattern was similar and blended in with the sides well. Styrene roof vents made from square
MIKE WOODRUFF: JOLIET, IL; AUG. 1, 1974
GEORGE HAMLIN: BLUE ISLAND, IL; JULY 20, 1977
MIKE WOODRUFF: CHICAGO, IL; SEPT. 1, 1978
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