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Trak Works NEW PICTURES EL Cap Lounge Car Interior Kit

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Posted by CAZEPHYR on Sunday, October 14, 2012 4:29 PM

This is the backside of the carpet marked for cutting.  It is reverse to the interior below in the picture.

This is some of the detail for the lower Coffee shop.

 

 

 

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Posted by CAZEPHYR on Sunday, October 14, 2012 8:41 AM

 

Trak Works makes the product and can be purchased at the LHS.  This being the first one out for the El Cap train probably makes it hard to come by, but they will be available soon at many stores.

The material is paper and almost like thin cardstock.  There are hints on dulling the carpet to make it look like carpet.   If you watch the following video of the product, it shows an installation and you can see how the product should look.  The cutting and folding of the individual items will take some time.  I don't plan on using the lighting kit since the lounge car is fairly open and the detail should be show up nicely at least in the top section. I might set up some lighting in the bottom section since there is a lot of detail there than might need some lighting.  The painting guide lists the colors and companies making the paint.  That helps a lot since colors are hard to determine from old pictures that are faded.

CZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNz5a9tKwc

 

 

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Posted by ChadLRyan on Saturday, October 13, 2012 10:42 PM

Wow, that is impressive!
Where do you get hat, & what type of media is it, styrene, resin, brass, cardstock, etc?
Are you lighting it to show all that detail & effort off? 
Thanks for Sharing!

Chad L Ryan
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Trak Works NEW PICTURES EL Cap Lounge Car Interior Kit
Posted by CAZEPHYR on Saturday, October 13, 2012 10:36 PM

The trucks are now getting upgraded. 

Tail coach car on the El Cap Train

 

 

 

 

 

The kit is installed and the lights are on!

 

The picture below was taken with the defusers on the light bar to correct the brightness of the smt leds in the lounge car. 

 

 

 

 

 

This picture compares the way they are without the defuser.  

 

 

 

Close up of the defuser in place on one smt led.

 

 

 

http://s806.photobucket.com/albums/yy345/Trainsforyou/Finish%20Comparison/?albumview=slideshow

 

 

 

 

 

CZ

This is the kit laid out with the left row for the lower portion, the middle row for the upper lounge and the instructions on the right hand row.

Painting guide

Assembly guide below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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