After describing the project overview, I decided to begin working on the Fruit Car first. No particular reason, just the whim of the muse. I began by deciding how much detail I wanted to add to the underside. Here's where I landed:
This amount of detail seems sufficient to indicate brake gear. I'm always hesitant to add the connecting rods that extend from the levers out toward the trucks for fear that it will interfere with the wheels. This time I just left the rods off altogether.
I want to upgrade the car beyond its original kit parts using materials and methods that would have been available to the original builder, as much as possible. But these days I'm feeling more of a pull to just get things done and move on to the next project sooner than later. Maybe it's my age, or perhaps it is the circumstances of our world driving this feeling. Regardless, I press on.
Up next I will turn my attention to the fascia boards and sides. Though, at the time of this writing, I have received the data decals for the Four Flats...so as soon as I commit to a lettering arrangement, I may return to them. We'll see.
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