Train Cabin book nook – part 1

Starting work on the train cabin book nook. Affiliate discount link at the bottom of this post.

There are a lot of parts to this kit, but the instructions seem clear and thorough.

The the first half of the instructions involve the working mechanism to create the moving landscape seen through the window. Since I don’t need the landscape portion finished to work on the interior, I skipped ahead. I have some ideas on changing the interior, so I wanted to do some dry fitting to see what was what.

The kit pieces are precise so far, and I needed to use needle files and sandpaper to get the tabs and slots to fit without forcing connections and risking breakage.

The project is roughly 1:24 scale, and I have very little experience beyond plastic model cars in this scale. But, I do have a tiny pug named Pierre from Marina. Since there’s a pet carrier included in the kit, I think Pierre will have to do a fair amount of modeling along the way.

After dry-fitting the seats and table, I think my alterations are going to be minimal. If I were to scratch build, I would have room to change things more. I’m not at all disappointed, since I was fairly certain making alterations would be limited by the precision of the kit itself.

I put together some assemblies to set aside for spray painting. Note: I’m not using some of the brass metal sheet detailing as I go. I will use some but not all.

The flooring comes stained, but I wanted to make it a deeper brown. It also had some large, obvious grain. I used Staining Medium mixed with Bittersweet Chocolate, both by Americana. For the larger grain streaks that still showed, I used undiluted paint.

Once dry, I polished lightly by rubbing the surface with a bit of brown paper bag then sealed with satin varnish by Delta Ceramcoat. It’s now a deeper color with the obvious grain hidden.

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