Any use for making it better??

http://www.girr.org/girr/tips/tips4/rogers_tips.html

Not yet, I found it a rather poor performer, and have it in pieces for possible battery conversion, or parts donor

No, but have used the leading and trailing trucks for scratchbuild projects and even....never mind

Now after all the tape/Tar paper is installed, I coat with Flex seal, It works great, I have had some outside for years, works great

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Starting to put down the Black Duct Tape to represent tar paper

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Thanks Guys for your kind words, Dan that is exactly how I feel about it. It is my hobby, enjoy it. 

Dennis

I have installed an aluminum roof, getting ready for the tar roof.

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Cool!

Dennis Rayon said:

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Excellent

I’m liking the look of this!

Jason

Dennis, its your RR so if you put a string of log cabin camp cars on it, well, its prototypical for your RR and that's all that matters .  Great looking cabin.

Thanks Guys,

I think it's ready to get to work in the backyard. I still want to work on the rusty interior, and weather the hatches a little. The orange is a little darker then the photo. It may show up better in an outdoor shot.

Andy Clarke said:

Car and workmanship just keeps getting better and better...    

Suck up

Car and workmanship just keeps getting better and better...    

Thanks Shane and Craig for the info.

Paint is looking good Shane!

probably not UV treated and ...never mind ...I'll let the experts chime in here.

I've screwed 1/2" aluminum angle on the bottom of a few of mine. That seems to help. 

I have a problem that I could sure use some advice on...The base for my train station and baggage platforms is made from a PVC plastic sheet from TAP Plastics...It is in the sun for a good part of the day and I've noticed the edges are folding up from the heat.  The sheet is 3/8" thick...should I try a thicker sheet or move to another material??  I'm trying to get the look of wood planking.

Thanks

Richard

Thanks guys for all the nice comments!!

Colin Criswell said:

Cliff, that is a real piece of art.  Is this going to be a display piece only?  I for one would be afraid to run it on my RR for fear I would break something.

Colin, thanks very much. I'll put it on its narrow gauge trucks and run it on the layout at least once. Or try to, it's really wide... But I suppose it's destined to mainly be a shelf queen, with the standard gauge trucks. 

Cliff,

Don't forget to put your CA in the fridge or the freezer. Seriously, best tip ever for CA. I had a bottle that lasted over 10 years because I kept it in the fridge. Then I left it on the workbench for a few days, and it was a solid chunk. So now I always put it back in the fridge. 

I asked my dentist for some of his old tools. He replaced his probes every year. I got a nice variety of glue applicators. CA is highly flammable, a Bic makes clean up easy, but don't breathe the fumes.

I also would spray a blast of Accelerator into a cap, a different pic applied that for instant bonds.

When I was doing figures I used gel and accelerator to scuplt.