54-foot mail storage car, ex-troop sleeper, New Haven (NH 3603).  This is the second mail storage car I kitbashed, this one wearing the original Dumaine green scheme.  As with the first car, I used stereolithography to make the rapid prototype masters for the window plugs and new doors.  Rubber molds were made of the parts and duplicates were cast in resin.  I drilled out the existing doors, widened the doorway and shaved the molded grab irons on the sides.  The resin castings were inserted, holes were drilled for new grab irons and wire grab irons were installed.  The wide center stirrup was replaced with a smaller one.  I airbrushed the majority of the car in New Haven pullman green and the roof in engine black.  I had to fabricate the decals for this car.  The car was weathered to simulate heavy usage.  This mail storage car is assigned to the Owl consist.  The model was featured in the January/February 2005 issue of N Scale Railroading magazine.