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Tac's Mow caboose conversion How To

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#21

tac Foley said:

Thanks - just a few coffee stirrers,

and not just any coffee stirrers, those are gen-ewe-wine Starbucks coffee stirrers…:wink:

#22

Hand stolen, too. :wink:

tac
OVGRS et al

#23

Thing about these multi-material scratchbuilds is they also have an esthetic appeal in their raw materials. They look good naked and painted both but you can’t have it both ways.

#24

He’s at it again…building with “Bilge Water stir sticks”…another van (Caboose)

#25

tac Foley said:

Hand stolen, too. :wink:

tac
OVGRS et al

You did remember to file off the serial numbers this time, didn’t you? The last time you forgot, we almost didn’t raise the bail money. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-money-mouth.gif)

#26

Not to worry, Steve old floon. THIS time I nipped off the end with the serial numbers on, just in case. I’m going to have to bite the bullet with the low-profile trucks needed for this low-slung veeHicle, and put smaller wheels on it as well as cut down on the bolster somewhat. Thankishly, we don’t have any curves less than about 10 foot radius, so getting them to actually ‘truck’ won’t make a problem for me.

I just might leave this one as plain old varnished wood, after all, that’s zackly what it is, right? Any unevenness will be prototypical of any similarly agéd wooden item of rolling stock, and I happen to think that it would actually look more impressive like that, as too.

I’m open to hearing your views on the matter, too, since this is a forum where just about anything like this can be discussed without folks getting hissy about a comment.

HNY2E!!!

tac, ig, ken the GFT and the Lack of Paintshop Boys

#27

#28

Hey Tac…Waitrose s/market coffee shop has thin long sticks!

#29

Ross Mansell said:

Hey Tac…Waitrose s/market coffee shop has thin long sticks!

Hey, we don’t live in the POSH part of UK where you do. The local Starcost is a cardboard box with a tin cup on string tied to one corner - no ‘supermarkets’ here, Sir.

tac

Ottawa Valley GRS

#30

David Maynard said:

Beautiful job, Sir! I wish that MY work looked as beat-up and decrepit as that!

tac

Ottawa Valley GRS

POCRR

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G1MRA

Royal Automobile Club

#31

Thanks Tac. A wire wheel in a Dremel tool to roughen up the boards, and some Inda ink and rubbing alcohol for colour, really helped me create the look.