Chad L Ryan
CR-MILW-FP7nBox1
This is another shot of the Ath Genesis FP7 with the road pilot. I also added the vertical hatch on the side of the unit under the A-pillar. Although the Highliners instructions are excellent, modeling this one after the MILW Shops worked-over unit in Cresco seems real confusing, as it has a lot! of FP9 & late details. However, Cresco 101A does have a numberplate that indicates it 'was' an FP7 build. I did disassemble the unit & reworked the interior & folks inside. I filed a few burrs of the chassis under the interior pan, removed much my Eng & conductor's bottom sides, & gave them flat top haircuts... - & they are still almost too tall, that is one shallow interior!! If I do one of these again I will cut down the seats & consider plane-ing down the (bottom side) base of the interior floor. I also added PSC interior Visors (although not the 1/3rd & 2/3rds version I intended). I then added the wind deflectors & gave it a quick & light weathering dusting around the running gear.
The 50 ft box car is a Kaydee cushion car, that was repainted & decaled to the inspiration of the documentation included with the Microscale MILW decal set. I added the standard accessories.
CR-MILW-FP7nBox1
This is another shot of the Ath Genesis FP7 with the road pilot. I also added the vertical hatch on the side of the unit under the A-pillar. Although the Highliners instructions are excellent, modeling this one after the MILW Shops worked-over unit in Cresco seems real confusing, as it has a lot! of FP9 & late details. However, Cresco 101A does have a numberplate that indicates it 'was' an FP7 build. I did disassemble the unit & reworked the interior & folks inside. I filed a few burrs of the chassis under the interior pan, removed much my Eng & conductor's bottom sides, & gave them flat top haircuts... - & they are still almost too tall, that is one shallow interior!! If I do one of these again I will cut down the seats & consider plane-ing down the (bottom side) base of the interior floor. I also added PSC interior Visors (although not the 1/3rd & 2/3rds version I intended). I then added the wind deflectors & gave it a quick & light weathering dusting around the running gear.
The 50 ft box car is a Kaydee cushion car, that was repainted & decaled to the inspiration of the documentation included with the Microscale MILW decal set. I added the standard accessories.