Rachel, one problem with doing an interior for the AM heavyweight coaches
is that there are a number of protrusions that stick up from the floor. I
think all of these are for the purpose of helping lock the roof with window
materials to the body. But this means you have to cut out small sections
of whatever you use for the floor material. I am experimenting right now
with a floor made from matboard. I have cut out holes for the protrusions.
Then I am going to try to attach the Palace car seats in place on the
floor with S people in most of the seats. I have 8 cars that I want to do. I
may also try to put a coach interior made for the AM Budd coaches into one
of the heavyweights. I realize I will need to drill up from the floor into
the seats to make room for the floor protrusions.
I also see that the heavyweights do not have room to place the Palace Car
Company seats or the AM coach interirors without trimming the outsides. I
am trying to do this with a small Dremel tool.
I have still got to paint the seats and the people so it may be a couple of
weeks or so before I will know how well any of this works out. But if it
does work out, I will be glad to post photos.
- Earl Henry
Nashville, TN
In a message dated 6/4/2012 4:33:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
--- In [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ,
"rcovington92" <rcovington92@...> wrote:
>
> Good Morning all.
> Does anyone happen to make interior kits for American Models 72'
heavyweight passenger cars? Would be nice to have clear windows and see lil'
folks
riding inside.
>
> Thanks Rachel Covington
>
Rachel,
To the best of my knowledge, nobody makes an interior kit for the AM 72'
coaches.
But...
I've used Grandt Line standard gauge coach (#4006) seats for a combine
project I did about 10 years ago.
_http://grandtline.com/model_railroad/detail%20parts/s_scale_detail_parts.ht
m_
(http://grandtline.com/model_railroad/detail%20parts/s_scale_detail_parts.htm)
_http://grandtline.com/images/s%20scale/4006.jpg_
(http://grandtline.com/images/s%20scale/4006.jpg)
The down side they're a little old-timy and they're sold in packs of 4.
Some assembly required. It took 4 packs to do my combine with a shortend
passenger compartment. A coach might take 10-12 packs.
However, Palace Car Company sells a pack of "streamliner" coach seats
(#5031) and they come 36 to a pack. One piece resin castings that could work
in
a heavyweight coach.
_http://www.palacecarco.com/products.php?cat=27_
(http://www.palacecarco.com/products.php?cat=27)
Rich G(ajnak)
