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The model is not 100% to scale I think, because the original author in the
article off the NG&SL said that he made a few adjustments along the way on
the scale.
But as the author say, it's not a problem because he and I are freelancing
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1.
I have made my master from North Eastern Strip wood and Evergreen Styrene.
Glued only with white glue so that the silicone mould wont react to master
and don't cure properly. |
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Then made a mould off it for resin castings so that I could easier make more
then one car. |
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3.
The resin castings are made and ready for assembly after I got rid off the
access resin and some bobbles.
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4. Before I can
assemble the resin parts I have to sand down on the back off them to make
them fit better. For this I use my newly acquired
UNIMAT 1 multi
machine.
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5.
The assembly has begun and one off my old wooden boxcars had to donate the
MTL trucks and body mounted couplers. |
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6.
I milled down some off the resin underneath and made a 6x6" (HO 1:87) strip
wood for mounting the trucks. |
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7. Drilled a
0.9mm hole in the resin casing for the
MTL's couplers at the ends. |
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8. Drilled a
1.5mm hole in the strip wood for mount the MTL's trucks holding pinn. |
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9. I carved away some off the strip wood to get clearance for the
trucks to move freely. |
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Then added a cheat off styrene in the bottom who holds a led weight. |
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On the top I laid another sheet off styrene and a small peace off foam painted it black. |
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12. The bottom is just painted black and then I add the trucks and
couplers.
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13. Added the real coal on top after I had painted the model. It's held in place with white glue.
The model is not 100% finished yet. It misses some details like breaker
wheels and the wheels for opening the side doors. |
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The paint job is made with a coat off white paint first. Then I used Artitec
powder, brown, black and rust colour. Added black paint deluded heavily with
rubbing alcohol with a brush on the whole thing to try and highlight the
wooden structure. Then I spray a cote off dull coat on the hole thing.
Not sure if I got it right, but I'm getting better at it every time I thick?
PS: If anyone wants to trade some things for the resin castings make me an
offer. What I need now is some brass breaker wheels and more trucks and
couples.
Contact me at tjm@smbservice.no
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I have now
made three off the hoppers for my own layout. The next three is going to
Jürg in Switzerland.
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