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Using a hobby knife. I carved off all the caston hand rail and grabiron detail.Remove some of the dimples on theroof where the roofwalk was mounted.Sand these down level with the roof.Next, remove all of the hand rails andgrab irons. These are cast into the bodyshell so we remove them. I use a numberfive modeling knife with chiselblade. I carefully remove the cast ongrabirons and handrails from both thesides and ends of the body shell. Afterremoving most of the raised material, Ithen sand it down smooth. On the top ofthe cupola are some very lightly casthandrails that are easily sanded down.Now drill holes for the new grabironsand handrails. I use a #74 twist drill in apin vise. This will make it just the rightfor the 0.020" brass wire that I use forthe handrails and grabirons.The next thing is to fill in the roof.This is done by mounting a piece ofstyrene under the roof a little biggerthan the opening in the roof. If you’rebuilding the car the same way I am, youwill have two of these openings to befilled. I just keep building up my plasticsheets until it is even with the roof.Once this is done, I use Squadron Whiteplastic putty to fill in any gaps aroundthe styrene sheets. I also use the putty tofill all the holes where the original roofUse 0.020 brass wire to replace all thehandrails and grabirons after drilling out theholes with a #74 drill.Fill the gaping holes in the roof usingstyrene Squadron White putty.walks were mounted. Once this has hadtime to dry, I sand everything down.I then begin bending brass wireinstalling handrails and grabirons. Forthe curved grabirons on the sides of thecarbody I work the brass wire until itlooks right then I attach it with ACC.On the ends. you have handrails on eachside of the door that are done in ninetydegree angles. There are four each ofthe side grabs and the end handrails tobe done to the body. The next set ofhandrails is on the roof of the cupola.These are somewhat smaller in diameterthan the others.I might add at this point there arecommercially available parts for thehandrails and grabirons. If one choosesto use these parts it could be a little easierthan to make everything from scratch.I just prefer to make them myself.Now for the roofwalk. This is mucheasier than it looks. Start by cuttingenough crossbearers to run the length ofthe roof on both sides of the cupola. Iuse the 0.040" x 0.080" styrene strip. Icut them about 1 1 ⁄2 scale feet in length atthe ends of the roof where the ladderscome up. I cut some about 3 scale feetin length. These will be used to make asmall platform used to gain access to theUse the original end platforms by cuttingthem from the floor.The Public Delivery TrackLocomotives - 2 rail and 3 railAtlas..New..RS-1..NH, NYC, Rut. 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