Made some good progress....

Model of the new roller shutter door and coupling equipment.....

I then got some of the Dellner Pivoting Multiple Working Couplings for the Bachmann Voyager from West Hill Wagon Works and chopped off the top section and put it together in the mount...

Really pleased, compared to the prototype:

Don't convince me to spend more money!

Ah, well, you can’t change the habits of a connoisseur!

To be fair the artwork is going to be tricky. Steve at Railtec is trying to work with what I’ve been able to broker with Meridian but it’s not clear where we’ll end up!

So, main vehicle constructed and now to start the painting....

Genius level cad / 3d print skills here. 

The Dellner coupling is a bit trial and error - until I get two together I’m not sure how well the pivot point offset will let them navigate curves….!

Trying the single coach with a regular coach seems to wrk so I think we will be good! I am considering making the Dellner ends at different heights and swappable. Next iteration perhaps...