The last detail parts for the OR&L coach

The last detail parts are under construction...and the difficult work is done.



At left is the door with positionable window panes. It is accurate for these cars. The window frames are to be added by the modeler, so that they can be painted separate from the rest of the door. The other parts will form the box steps. On the prototype, the side of the steps next to the car do not attach in the normal fashion, instead they appear to bend 90 degrees and attach to the bottom of the frame. And so, I am making them in this fashion (hence, one of the three has already been shortened). I'll produce two box steps. Once they are ready, I'll prepare a mold for all of the miscellaneous detail parts (bolsters, steps, doors, etc) and cast enough duplicates to prepare the production molds for those parts.

There is a decent chance that my next post will be covering construction of South Park passenger car parts...imagine that, a blog titled "The South Park Line" actually doing something South Park related. The flexibility that I'll have with a 1940s Oahu Railway and an 1880s South Park Line will be beneficial once the layouts begin to take shape. There are so many difference between the two, they make a delightful pairing.