"Using plasticard to modify 15mm train for Boer War" Topic

I want to modify a 15 mm Peter Pig Old West Train to use for the Boer War. I have seen people have done this using plasticard. I am totally unfamiliar with using this stuff. My question is, what thickness would I use to put additional armor on the sides of the train and make armored walls for the flat cars.
Thanks!

I used the Peter Pig Old West Train as the basis for my train in my Sudan collection. I used Evergreen Plastic. It is easy to use… just cut it with scissors and glue it on. I use Plastruct Plastic Weld to glue the detail pieces of the Evergreen Plastic together, and I used Krazy Glue to glue the Evergreen Plastic to the Peter Pig resin train. I can't tell you what thickness I used but given the fact that the Evergreen comes in clear packages you can eyeball it pretty easily. My guess is that for the wood paneling I put on the sides of the Peter Pig flatcars, I probably used Evergreen V-groove (#4125 or maybe the next V-groove size down). For the actual armor plate I believe I used Evergreen Plastic Plain #9030. You can see the results of what I did in pictures 1, 2, and 3 (3 is probably the best picture) of my Sudan Gallery at warin15mm.com/The-Sudan.html