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Well, that was fun! I had a whole page written and it all disappeared. 
This will be a baggage and postal car. Here are a couple of photos from Best's 'Mexican Narrow Gauge'.
This car will be built on an Accucraft flat car like the second class coach. It will be easier since there are no end platforms. I have no information on the interior therefore there will be none modeled and the roof will be fixed. The flat car was modified by removing the stake pockets, stirrup steps and the brake wheel and then it was then painted.
The floor was made from 1/8 plywood with wood strips around the edges for attaching the walls.
I PhotoShopped one of the photos to square it up so I could use it to make a sketch of the walls.
The walls are .040 plastic sheet scored for coach siding laminated to 1/8 plywood. The were fastened back to back with double sticky tape and the doors and windows sawed out with a scroll saw.
The walls were then glued to the floor.
A partition was added for rigidity a couple of roof beams will help support the roof.
This will continue when I get more done.
This will be a baggage and postal car. Here are a couple of photos from Best's 'Mexican Narrow Gauge'.


This car will be built on an Accucraft flat car like the second class coach. It will be easier since there are no end platforms. I have no information on the interior therefore there will be none modeled and the roof will be fixed. The flat car was modified by removing the stake pockets, stirrup steps and the brake wheel and then it was then painted.

The floor was made from 1/8 plywood with wood strips around the edges for attaching the walls.

I PhotoShopped one of the photos to square it up so I could use it to make a sketch of the walls.

The walls are .040 plastic sheet scored for coach siding laminated to 1/8 plywood. The were fastened back to back with double sticky tape and the doors and windows sawed out with a scroll saw.

The walls were then glued to the floor.

A partition was added for rigidity a couple of roof beams will help support the roof.

This will continue when I get more done.