The end of the line. I finished installing the roof, end markers, etc.
The truss rods had to be lengthened, so some 1/16th brass rod came in to play. The original turnbuckles with their M1.6 threads were nice, but I have no M1.6 die and couldn’t thread the rod, so they got drilled out 1/16th. The queen posts were the originals, shortened a bit as I wasn’t using them in the slots of the base [right side of this pic] so they were also drilled out 1/16th and bits of the old truss rods used as pins. A little superglue keeps them in place.
Here’s the beauty shots of the completed project.
I then put it on the display shelves for safety. There are lots of delicate bits - anyone who has run these for a while knows how easy it is to break off the end steps, etc.
I like the look, especially the openness of the windows. ‘Orbisonia’, the coach above, is a short Fn3 [1:20] coach based on the Carter Bros kits. This one might look good with Bachmann coaches as it is clearly a smaller scale? I’ll take a pic when I get to Jerry’s to try it on a layout.
I am dropping the combine project. The coach isn’t as good as it could be as the plastic is too brittle, and I am assuming the combine will be too. Maybe I’ll make a combine using the bodies in my FL stash.