Freezer Door Kitbash

Nobody makes an HO scale freezer door.  Nobody.  None that I could find at least.  This is the sort of part that could have been a unique casting that came with the kit instead of a printed card cutout.  Like I said in the previous post, this is a proto-craftsman kit and many of the parts were still relatively crude.  Later evolutions would produce more fine-scale touches and no doubt a beautiful, wide, six panel freezer door would have been one such part.  

Open this image in a new tab to view it full size for a better look at the detail.  I created this door from Tichy parts; their 5 panel door with frame and the large strap hinges.  Two hinges were used as hinges, and another was cut apart and used as part of the door latch.  Other bits of styrene sprue from the scrap box were used to finish the latch.  Most critically, however, the door is installed on the outside of the frame to give it that bulky look of an insulated door set flush into the frame.

Do an image search for vintage wood freezer door and gaze upon fine craftsmanship.  Many were made from oak and apparently command a great price on the salvage and restoration hardware market.  If I knew CAD and had a 3D printer I could have perhaps drawn and printed a better likeness, but this one took me all of 15 minutes to make using Tichy's excellent parts and some scrap bits.  Not perfect but a far cry from the supplied part, and the result makes me happy.