Recently I acquired a Lionel 1722 pre-war caboose in poor condition. It is rusting, the paint and lithographed picture are poor. And most strikingly it misses a top roof. The top roof used on this model were pretty daft. There were only windows to the sides and not to the front and back. Since, I didn't have a top roof anyway, I decided to be a bit more creative and make a top roof myself from brass plates.
One of the obstacles to make a nice top roof is the wobbly roof itself. It has been folded up and a break / twist line runs diagonal of the middle section. This needs to be evened out by hammering. The triangular missing part of the roof has been filled with solder and brass.
So, there is plenty to restore on this one. The most difficult part will be restoring the lithograph. The current plan is paint the body red, use masking tape and paint the windows and ovale symbols yellow and then to laser print black decals for all the rivets etc. I never done this before, so it is quiet a challenge.
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