With the completion of the sides, ends and roof details, I could prime the body for the Fruit Car. I elected to upgrade the fascia and door track and add a slide bar but chose to keep the original door stop even though it is a bit oversized. Whenever possible I like to use original kit parts. For the damaged end I had to bend a new pair of railings and replace the broken two-part sill casting. I covered the roof with tissue paper to represent canvas and replaced the roofwalk with 2x6 planks and 2x2 supports.
The underside was primed first with my usual Dark Walnut while the rest of the car received gray. The trucks will be borrowed from one of the other two cars in this train, that is, either the shorty baggage or shorty combine from Binkley. I will replace the wheelsets and reassemble the metal trucks with Loctite Weld. I have been able to unsolder these vintage trucks with some success, but not without damage. Next I'm going to try and simply cut them apart with a motor tool. The original car rode on arch bars with flat springs. I think it will fit better with a passenger consist on wood beam passenger trucks.
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