Thanks Guys.
This past fall has been slow for me modeling wise but some things did get done, albeit not as interesting or noteworthy as some of the other paint jobs done earlier this year.
I’ve posted pictures of Maroon’s Clark Benson dba "Custom Services" PRR streamliner here in the past (above shot taken around 2019 at the SOS Canton Club layout) but I believe most were lost in one of the storage culls, so pardon the repeat postings here. Having returned the set to Jim for the SW Meet I decided to finish the one remaining car project for it, a grill diner.
This was scored off Ebay, just the extrusion and fiber board floor no other parts.
The kitchen service door was fabricated from a plastic CD gem case
In keeping with the build characteristics of the rest of the consist I used craft paper for the window treatments.
Other than a little scouring needed to find those matching dopey Lionel end caps (located at local hobby shop specializing in three rail, thank you Legacy Station!) I had or fabricated the rest of the car and underbody details.
Of course these are derived from Lionel extrusions and the PRR (likely the accountants looking at maintenance costs in the late 1950’s) sobered up about painting stainless steel fluted cars and most if not all of the PRR’s early Budd cars were stripped to their silver mist natural metal. Still imo a decent looking train in a 1930’s or 40’s “South Wind” sort of vein. Decals by Champ, stripes by MicroScale