Last night, I produced a standard Oahu Railway baggage door. This marks the first time since #2 was born that I've been able to produce a master. This standard door (the unpainted one) was common to all of the Oahu Railway's baggage cars and combines from what I've been able to tell (I haven't checked the arched roof combine). I haven't yet decided if she'll be a separate part from her frame or not (probably separate). To the right, for comparison, is an 1879 DSP&P baggage door.
In other news, my C&S coal car and CC platform car have received their red paint. The coal car has also been lettered. I haven't yet sealed the letter with a dull coat, so she's rather shiny right now. I like the finishes on both of these...and that color is my current favorite freight car red (I avoid painting all of my cars the same shade of red and I like to vary the level of weathering...uniform color shades and uniform heavy/light weathering are unrealistic).
I'll mare the lettering some before its finished.
And, the necessary comparison with the HOn3 version I built at age 17:
At age 17, I made two notable mistakes: the grab irons are flush with the sides preventing the Little Imaginary People from being able to use them and I painted the inside of the car. When I built the On3 version at age 26, I allowed clearance for the LIPs to wrap them hands around the grab irons. Similarly, at age 28, I've give the interior an unpainted wood finish.
