Coach roofs

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 Jim: I have used the Northeastern roof with Rivarossi coach body successfully doing a couple of BPd's. You might consider the Rivarossi route (ala Chapman). The stock body is one window short, so you must splice; but the windows are tall (whereas the Branchline ones are not tall enough, and can't be modified).
Jim Nichols
    On Saturday, November 28, 2020, 05:50:27 PM CST, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 I am faced with the same dilemma as Roger; I need to build a few coaches for Trains No. 1 and 2 that look like this:
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=184803
My plan is to use the Branchline coaches but the roof is a problem; I looked at using a plastic roof from a core kit, but it is too wide (see photo 1704).  My next thought was to use the Northeastern Scale Lumber "streamline roof", part no. 702, https://northeasternscalelumber.com/shop/railroad-car-parts.html?page=3, and as shown in photo 1705. As is, the roof will not sit down inside the sides of the car; but it may fit with the deepening the "groove" (see 1707) so that it sits down inside of the sides. 
I am open to any and all suggestions.
Jim Brewer
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 11:23 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Roundhouse Harriman cars are an option. See this suggestion in an article for a turtle top SR car:
http://www.srha.net/documents/Heavyweight_Diner_rebuild_article.pdf

Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone

On Nov 26, 2020, at 3:25 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:



 Thar's a tough one. My best suggestion is to consider the round roof Athearn coach. Not the best contour, but I can't think of anything closer that is available. You would need to splice some from an extra roof. In the past I have started with a celestory roof and use the same technique for adding "bubbles." Just do the bubbles for the entire length.
Jim Nichols
    On Thursday, November 26, 2020, 05:35:15 AM CST, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 I need to built some PG coaches with the "turtle?" roofs. Does anyone know of commercial roof stock or roof kits that will replicate these?
Thanks
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