This project has spanned four blog posts already. In this Part 5 post, I'm going to finish up the last bit of decaling and a few of the other details that I'm looking at doing.
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| Left side with new window shades. |
This is mostly just a 'catch up' due to the delay in completing the right side decaling because I needed to wait for another set of decals to arrive. This model uses all "dense" aka 'lower' stripe sets from the MicroScale 87-1243 decal set.
Also I plan to make some upper window sashes for the kitchen windows and apply them to match the prototype photo of the car's left side.
Window Shades
While I was waiting for the decals to show up, I used some of the spare paper-card stock that I sprayed with Gloss Aluminum to make the window shades, cutting the paper and using Tamiya masking tape.
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| Window Shades added to match photo in San Diego from 1948. |
I'm considering making my window shades with a difference shade of silver. I'm currently leaning towards Light Gun Metal, which should be more like a graphite-metallic gray color.
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| Close up of the pulled window shades in the rear half of the dining section. |
I'm still considering if I want to replace the Rivarossi roof-molded windows with laser-cut windows that could fit much closer to flush with the window frames and present a closer to scale appearance.
Kitchen & Interior
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| Right side ready to have striping finished. |
The kitchen section windows now have a view-blocking interior, which is that portion of a Rivarossi interior. I may decide to use that rough interior, but I'm planning to upgrade it with some paint if I do.
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| Kitchen interior at CSRM SFE Lightweight Diner. |
As I recall the Santa Fe dining car at CSRM museum in Sacramento had all stainless steel interior, but I don't recall specifically if the aisle was also Stainless paneling or not.
Completion of the Right Side Shadowlines
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| Starting point of finishing up the right side. |
After a couple week break, I'm working to complete the striping decal work. To recap, I had to stop the decal work because I had to get another set of Shadowline decals due to this model needing all "lower" stripes (aka "dense stripes") and not need any of the "upper" stripes.
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| Upper decal stripes over dining section windows applied. |
At this point, it is mostly just rehashing the same discussion of applying the decal stripes over the patch panels over the Transom Windows. the MicroScale MicroSol decal setting fluid is used to snug down the decals over the rivets and paneling.
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| The last bit of 3-Strip decal applied below the letterboard section. |
I lined up the left end of the stripes with the full height upper stripes, and the right end wrapped into the window opening, but before the decal completely set, I cut the decal with an Xacto blade and removed it. The decals are nearly complete now, I still need to apply the single stripe decal above the letterboard along the top rivet strip.
In Closing
This gets the main body about 95% complete, asside from the last bits of decal and adding grab-irons and small details like that.
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| Completed right side with the Rivarossi interior section inside. |
I found enough spare NERS Air Conditioning Duct to finish this model, so the application of those and roof construction will be coming up in future posts on this project.
Jason Hill
Related Shadowline Scheme Articles:
SFE 1458 Diner in Shadowline scheme
Kitbashing SFE 1456-class HW Diner (Part 1) with a Rivarossi Model and Opening Thoughts - My on kitbashing a Rivarossi HW Diner into a Shadowlined Santa Fe diner, circa 1948.
Kitbashing SFE 1456-class HW Diner (Part 2) - More Body Work and Paint - My Part 2 on kitbashing a Rivarossi HW Diner into a Shadowlined Santa Fe diner, circa 1948.
Kitbashing SFE 1456-class HW Diner (Part 3) - Mechanical Upgrades - My Part 3 on kitbashing a Rivarossi HW Diner into a Shadowlined Santa Fe diner, circa 1948.
Kitbashing SFE 1456-class HW Diner (Part 4) - Shadowlines - My Part 4 on kitbashing a Rivarossi Diner decaling the car into Shadowline scheme.
Kitbashing SFE 1456-class HW Diner (Part 2) - More Body Work and Paint - My Part 2 on kitbashing a Rivarossi HW Diner into a Shadowlined Santa Fe diner, circa 1948.
Kitbashing SFE 1456-class HW Diner (Part 3) - Mechanical Upgrades - My Part 3 on kitbashing a Rivarossi HW Diner into a Shadowlined Santa Fe diner, circa 1948.
Kitbashing SFE 1456-class HW Diner (Part 4) - Shadowlines - My Part 4 on kitbashing a Rivarossi Diner decaling the car into Shadowline scheme.
SFE 1524 Snack-Coach Diner in Shadowline scheme
SFE "Surprise Valley" 6-6-4 in Shadowline scheme
Starting my long-time planned project to make a Shadowline 6-6-4.
SFE "Surprise Valley" Pullman 6-6-4 Shadowline Sleeper (Part 2) - Decaling Left Side & Reassembly -
SFE "Surprise Valley" Pullman 6-6-4 Shadowline Sleeper (Part 2) - Decaling Left Side & Reassembly -
Continuing the Shadowline 6-6-4 project with more decaling!
Articles from Other Authors:
SFE 1456-class Diner kitbash by Colin Kikawa, along with multiple other interesting kitbashes - Enjoy!
Tom Casey's ATSF_hwt_Diner.pdf - SFE 1404 Kitbashed Diner
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