Flatcar from the WV&K Shops

Well Bart, ya got the jump on me. Ordered some more parts (ran out of queen posts, pockets and such). Ordered the 0-80 stuff for the turnbuckles, now I need to make them. It is amazing how these cars look just like I envisioned mine. HHMMMMMMM…

Great build Bart, looks like you will finish your first. Overtime at the office and family events have taken a toll on hobby time, but should be getting back to mine shortly.

Bob C.

Bart_Salmons · March 18, 2013, 10:32am

Welp, eye surgery went well, I have sight in both eyes again , which is a good thing for model building… finished adding the brakegear and the various gubbins on the beam ends…

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/flatcar13.jpg)

And with that much done, she was rolled into the paintshop for a coat of ruddy red primer…

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/flatcar14.jpg)

Now that the paint is on, time to add the deck permanently…

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/flatcar15.jpg)

And with the decals, and a slathering of Jeffs Weathering Juice (shoepolish in denatured alcohol mixed to taste) and I’ll call flatcar 144 done…

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/flatcar16.jpg)

JRad · March 18, 2013, 1:41pm

I’d like to see your truss rod jig. I tried making one with nails on a board - that failed miserably.

snowshoe · March 18, 2013, 2:06pm

Nice work.

John_Bouck · March 18, 2013, 2:22pm

Nice job. I might have to try the shoe polish treatment.

Bart_Salmons · March 18, 2013, 6:30pm

Jon Radder said:

I’d like to see your truss rod jig. I tried making one with nails on a board - that failed miserably.

Well its kinda technical…I used a board…and put nails in it…

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/trussjig01.jpg)

Not I only do one half at a time…the middle is to the right with the car end to the left, and the jig is cut so that the length of the board is the length of the rod…the turnbuckles are used to do the final slight adjustments should any slight deviations creep into the bends…

Bob_Cope · March 18, 2013, 9:31pm

Bart,

Really glad to hear (see) that the eye surgery went well. Sweet finish, I like the weathering. i would guess a light mix could be used to do multiple over washes until one gets the desired effect.

@Jon - My truss rod fixture is similar, but a piece of aluminum flat bar with some short pieces of the survey flag rod (.0625) in stead of nails. In stead of hijacking Bart’s thread I will post some pics and more description on mine when I get back to my project.

Bob C.

JRad · March 18, 2013, 10:56pm

Thanks Bart & Bob. Maybe the trick is doing one end at a time. I think I tried to do the entire rod at once.

Bart_Salmons · March 19, 2013, 1:04am

Hey I used survey flags for truss rods!

ctown2 · March 19, 2013, 1:21am

Bart,

Are you using shoe polish or shoe die? I’ve tried leather shoe die w/rubbing alcohol, but have never thought of using actually polish. The shoe die seems to fade in the sun after about 6 months (I was using it to stain ties). I was wondering if you would notice a similar effect with the polish.

Craig

Rooster · March 19, 2013, 2:01am

Jon Radder said:

Thanks Bart & Bob. Maybe the trick is doing one end at a time. I think I tried to do the entire rod at once.

Shut up Rooster!

Bob_Cope · March 19, 2013, 3:28am

@Jon - I am using the same technique I used on the Wheel Car Bash here:

http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/16866/wheel-car-bash

The difference is this time I am going to make the turn buckles out of drilled out 0-80 nuts and some 1/32 x 1/8 or 1/32 x 1/16 (not sure) flat bar silver soldered together, then soft soldered on the truss rods.

Bob C.

Flatcar from the WV&amp;K Shops

Flatcar from the WV&K Shops