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Well, That's just about what I've done. I can't find any brass heavyweights that come close to a look-alike and at the expense, I don't want to hack it apart. What I have done is rip apart a Bachman Spectrum Platform Observation. The windows were all wrong and so were the doors and the platform fence. So, here I've got everything apart, sawn windows, details off, paint off, and I realized I have to add three and a half scale feet to make an easy go of it -- to make a model of the Erie Business car #1. I've found about half of the needed detail parts from Bowser's Cal-Scale. So I'm left with what is a good way to add three or four scale feet and still have a decent looking model. I'm particularly worried about 1.) the soft plastic of the model itself is much easier to mar than resin. 2.) How on earth am I going to sand and mask my seams and still maintain strength when I add weight? 3.) Can I make realistic looking rivets to replace the ones I've inadvertently sanded off. Windows I've gotten from a New England Rail Service. And the rest, as I said, can come from Cal-Scale. At $25 to $30 each, the Spectrums are easy to find and I have another 'pristine' Obs. to chop up if this one fails. I just need to know there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.
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