I made a little progress on my little scratch building project last night and have a photo album up on TrainLife detailing progress (click here to see, it should be visible to non members as well). I got the top and sides done last night, all that’s left is truck mounting, coupler box mounting, end pieces, and then detailing (grab irons, rivets, and paint).
I even mocked it up on some borrowed trucks (I’ve yet to pick up the set I’m going to use) and a piece of styrene to get the height correct:
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