Post by harborbelt70 on Nov 18, 2023 18:05:13 GMT
So here’s a slightly different perspective on side shots starting with this blueprint:
This is only part of the original I have, which folds out to show the whole of this observation car floor plan. It was designed and built by Pullman Standard for the MKT Texas Special as the Stephen F. Austin observation car. The part of the plan shown is for the observation compartment at the end of this boat tail car and I referred to it when modifying my Lionel 21” aluminum version of the car. I use blueprints when creating my own versions of classic streamline era passenger cars although in this instance I did not try to create a replica of the prototype - as this side shot shows:
The prototype is actually a lot more interesting than my version. It was a combination observation lounge/buffet/sleeper of which Pullman made multiple versions. This is a plan of one of the more elaborate ones - the MKT car was simpler:
I probably could have created a reasonable representation of the original car but decided not to try as the generic window placements on the Lionel car would have made it difficult. So I adapted the original features of the interior, including the half-circle bar that was certainly not in the prototype. Incidentally, I think that this Lionel car was actually made using K-Line tooling for both the aluminum car body and interior.
This is only part of the original I have, which folds out to show the whole of this observation car floor plan. It was designed and built by Pullman Standard for the MKT Texas Special as the Stephen F. Austin observation car. The part of the plan shown is for the observation compartment at the end of this boat tail car and I referred to it when modifying my Lionel 21” aluminum version of the car. I use blueprints when creating my own versions of classic streamline era passenger cars although in this instance I did not try to create a replica of the prototype - as this side shot shows:
The prototype is actually a lot more interesting than my version. It was a combination observation lounge/buffet/sleeper of which Pullman made multiple versions. This is a plan of one of the more elaborate ones - the MKT car was simpler:
I probably could have created a reasonable representation of the original car but decided not to try as the generic window placements on the Lionel car would have made it difficult. So I adapted the original features of the interior, including the half-circle bar that was certainly not in the prototype. Incidentally, I think that this Lionel car was actually made using K-Line tooling for both the aluminum car body and interior.
