Travis Dague said:
Great Idea Pete… Thanks… Would these run off of track power?
Travis
They could or a 9v battery as well. Most of that is rated for 12v with grain of wheat/rice bulbs. Have a few myself.
Travis Dague said:
Great Idea Pete… Thanks… Would these run off of track power?
I wouldn’t try unless you are using 12V track power. I’m sure you can find a simple 12V voltage regulator. Personally, I would find a 5V regulator chip and use the 5V LED strips. However, Mr Bodnar can probably tell you what resistor to put in the circuit to handle a 12V strip on 24V. I’m not an electronics engineer.
Few more pics of some small details added…
The end arch trim cut out and shaped for the end arch at the top of the roof…
I also installed some of the walls inside. I will need to get the windows finished before adding the final trim piece at the top. I am using these to help hold the windows in place with a 1/16 or less overhang top and bottom.
That’s it for now. I am currently working on the end of the letter boards to fix some small gaps. I may tackle the hand railing on the ends today sometime. Not sure if soldering is a good idea one handed… lol… Steps are on the list too…
Thanks for looking… T
Been a few days since I last done anything to my project. I have started laying the floor strips on the lower body.
I have all the strips cut. I was able to cut these on my own this time. Struggled a little bit with it, but shoulder is starting to get better after 5 weeks… I have also played around with some paint. I have tried Krylon spray, which I like. I also tried out some acrylic yellow brushed on. I like this as well, only downfall is it will be hand painted if used. I thought about this and the old cars back then were hand painted, so why not?. We will see. I will post some pics of the paints I tested later today need pics of the boards I painted and the window I tested out to… Thanks for Looking…
Good progress! Passenger cars are fun!
the old cars back then were hand painted, so why not?.
Well, they weren’t painted with a huge whitewash brush!
I find that most ‘scale’ wood shows up plenty of woodgrain - far too much for me, as painted coaches would have been smoothed thoroughly between coats and thus you wouldn’t see the grain. Rattle-can spray paint is the worst for this, as it dries in thin layers. I’m wondering how to get a thick coat of primer on to the various parts of a wooden coach kit so I can sand them smooth before assembly - but then the wood glue may not work!
Pete Thornton said:
the old cars back then were hand painted, so why not?.
Well, they weren’t painted with a huge whitewash brush!
I find that most ‘scale’ wood shows up plenty of woodgrain - far too much for me, as painted coaches would have been smoothed thoroughly between coats and thus you wouldn’t see the grain. Rattle-can spray paint is the worst for this, as it dries in thin layers. I’m wondering how to get a thick coat of primer on to the various parts of a wooden coach kit so I can sand them smooth before assembly - but then the wood glue may not work!
I primered my one wood boxcar after it was assembled, then sanded it and turned out ok. If you want to primer before assembly, stick the siding to your workbench with double sided tape, and prime the outside face and sides of the wood, leaving the backside unprimed for gluing.
Thanks guys for the input. I already glued the siding on this one. Net one I will try that Dave, great idea!. After this is all done, I am gonna write down some notes on some stuff that i need to do and not do. Working from the plans in GR mag. is fun but little instructions to go on which makes it fun. This is my first passenger coach build, So I am learning a lot from this…What do you guys think of acrylic paint for this?. I have decided that I am gonna hand paint it. I have tested with some rattle can paint by Krylon. The only yellow that looked good I could find, it was glossy hit and miss on a test piece of sided ply. It was flat paint too!. So that is out…
Well tonite I needed something to take my mind off of the pain from P.T. two days in a row!. They worked me over today!!..I finished the floor and detailed it somewhat. I used a pencil to add nail heads and wood boards. The floor is cedar strips 1/4 inch wide by 1/16 also the end beam flooring added. Here is the finished flooring. I noticed it doesn’t shoe the details very well. Will try another photo later.
Looking thru the Clerestory…
I was able to mount the body to the chassis / underbody. The plans called for screws in each corner on the sides, I didn’t like that. So i went with underneath. There was plenty of thickness after the siding was added to the walls for the screws to mount.
Next are the steps. I had to figure a way to get these all uniformed when I cut them. So instead of cutting individually I sanded the inside curve and the outside contour before I cut them out of the pine wood. Then sliced them off… Wallah! all matched, which is a first for me…LOL.
The treads are 1/16th x 1/2 cedar.
Here they are tested for fit and will be glued to the underbody later …
Some shots showing the steps and windows. I mounted the trucks and placed the clerestory frame on top.
Looking like a more like a coach now…
This one is a little blurred…
Side view…I notice when the trucks are added that it is one heck of a step up to the bottom step!.. Hmm.maybe need to lower the trucks 1/8 even adding a bottom step, it is still out of proportion. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
Well that’s it for this time around. I got a little energetic tonite… Maybe tomorrow I will tackle the Clerestory roof and add it to the top. Still need to figure some lighting for this project…
More to come from the “One Arm Bandit Car shops”…Thanks for looking…
Did you mount your steps upside down? I think there should be a bottom step rather than filling in the top.
Otherwise looks great!
John
John Caughey said:
Did you mount your steps upside down? I think there should be a bottom step rather than filling in the top.
Otherwise looks great!
John
Ya know John …Now that you pointed that out I think I did install them upside down!.(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif). Thankfully they aren’t permanent yet… I need to lay off the pain meds while constructing passenger cars…LOL. I will try them out tomorrow the other way and take a new pic of them… Thank You! for pointing that out… (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif).
Travis, I like the craft paint. I used to use Ceramcote, but the craft stores around here quit carrying it, so I am trying other brands. They come in 2 ounce bottles, clean up with water, cover well (especially on primer), and best of all they are cheep.
Upside down steps or not, that is one fine looking coach!..(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
I decided after further review…LOL of my steps for the coach I am gonna rebuild them. Gonna add a third step i think after seeing some pics of some old coaches. So…back to the car shops…
Stand a figure next to the car before re-doing your steps…I’m not sure you need the extra step. Two foot gauge coaches only have one step
Looking Good Travis!
And didnt the porters put down a step stool below the steps in real life, they are kinda high in real life.
Porters came later, I thougt about that as I remember stepping up on the square stool in San Diego in the 50s … but Travis is a century earlier so I looked at the Sierra cars and they have 3 steps … it was about then I deleted that thought…
John
These are kinda blurry, but i need some input which looks better left end with three steps or right end with two steps?.. taking a poll… lol
Right sise two steps…
Thanks for your input…