[christian Wright]

I decided to start this new kit from OcCre.

http://catalog.occre.com/modelismo-ferrovi.../costa-mza.html

I would like to get it pull by the locomotive br18.

http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index...showtopic=51426

the model is 555mm long and I think I will equip it with lighting system

this is the contents of the box.

many metal casting parts and metal wheels

multilanguage photographic manual

a sheet of trasparent polycarbonate and paper decals

this is a completely different model from the locomotive, perhaps even more complicated but offers the possibility to take care of many details.

 

[Greyvoices]

That looks like a wonderful challenge Christian ........... I wish you all success with this build.

What a great looking carriage.

Best regards ............... Greyvoices (alias John)

 

[christian Wright]

Now I'm finishing the seats, I update you on what I have already mounted.
first I built the floor and the toilet.
I spaced the floor using a thickness and in the spaces I filled it with ash.
finally I polished and varnished with shellac

the tiles are printed on paper, to increase the realism I covered them with transparent tape and I engraved the lines with the wheel of a glass cutter

I painted the fixtures and I installed all the elements of the toilet

I mounted the mosaic and the wallpaper of the terminal walls

I made the glasses with real glass because the work is more beautiful and takes the same time using acetate.
glass is 1.3mm thick, I use microscope glass slides.

I used a ruler to mount the outer wood pattern

after a gloss paint, for last I glue the wallpaper

I found it essential to have a good cutter with a stop that allows you to make many identical pieces perfectly cut at 90 °

cyanoacrylate stains the paper and it must be glued with vinyl.
also to glue the accessories it is important to avoid staining the paper with cyanoacrylate or gloss ooil paint like Humbrol etc.

 

[Babz]

Hi Christian Wow that is some Kit Lot of work but in the end it will look fabulous i envy your Skills. Thanks for sharing. Babs

 

[christian Wright]

is a kit perhaps more similar to the construction of a wooden boat, offers the opportunity to take care of the details and for now I find it certainly more difficult than the BR18 locomotive that will pull this coach car.
also the paints and the glues are different, here I have not yet used epoxy but I have used a lot of shellac
patience and precision are useful for both models but this requires more care and glossy paint.
today I'm studying how to open the roof, I would like to put 10 leds.

I finish updating the work already done ..

 

[christian Wright]

I did the seats last week.
instead of painting blue the seats, I preferred change color and cover them with silk.
I painted the frames with shellac (work like primer on metal casting) vallejo brown water paint and humbrol gloss

the cushions are made of wood with rounded corners and edges

I glued the silk to the wood and I cut the corners

to glue the silk adhering to the wood I used a sponge and a weight

this is the result

in the end these seats were simple, the glue stains disappear with the shellac and with the matt transparent varnish.
the third class wooden benches were more complicated.

also the luggage nets were quite complex, the instructions would have them mounted directly iinside the model but I preferred to mount them on the work bench by gluing them temporarily to a piece of double sided adhesive tape

the doors are all openable, the toilet has two hinges, the other doors are on pins

the other doors are still under construction, just one is finished.

today I finish all doors and I will start the roof.

 

[christian Wright]

I built the roof differently from the instructions so I can paint it inside

first of all I folded the wet strips on the soldering iron

first step I built the roof frame without glue it to the the walls

Finished the frame I move it on my desk.

I start to cover..

to make the construction more solid I preferred to lay out a thin fiberglass texture

paint inside

I reassembled on the walls and I finished the external roof frames

 

[christian Wright]

some news..

I have change the metal casting lights with led lights, I show you how I made it

I have do a vaccum forming on some 6mm softair balls with trasparent and white polocarbonate sheet but finally I have choose the white.

the decorative ring

lights are fit on a wood bar.

The undercarriage

 

[christian Wright]

I have modified all OcCre shocks with an handmade version

First is unpainted, last is original OcCre casting

flag signals now moving

I have put copper nails on sides

 

[christian Wright]

Some B/W photos