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Some years ago I wanted some 60 ft heavyweight passenger cars (I had severe radius restrictions on my then layout). I purchased several MDC Pullman Palace cars, one combine, one coach and one observation, and carefully shortened them to the desired 60 ft length. I still had trouble negotiating the curves on my layout (try 15 inch radius), so I got after the same cars and shortened them to 42 ft. They certainly did not look as grand as the 80 ft originals, but they did work on the layout. This was my first attempt at kitbashing. It was fun, but the results were super ugly. Following the guidelines in Art Currens book on kitbashing, my more recent projects have turned out much better. <br /> <br />Tom
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