Yay! Made progress on a couple HLW Mack bashes.
As you might remember, my body has been being difficult to get along with and my hands are having a return of previous difficulties.
After doing not much of anything since May or June had to do something for my sanity!!!
So, loaded up on pain meds, shoved the clutter aside, blew off the dust, and during course of last few days made progress on these in nibbles and bits.
Still haven’t designed a body for the grey frame one.
(Note: grey primer is that Duplicolor filler primer mentioned in Richard’s Paint and LGB plastic thread)
On it, added bolts for retaining straps which keep axles in when lifted; and applied a spot of Bondo spot putty to where step recess waas filled with sheet styrene.
“Bolts” are bits of Plastruct hexagonal rod in holes.
On the boxcab the brass channel roof reinforcement was cut and added.
Extensions are for rounded addition to roof ends.
Existing HLW plastic will get covered with a sheet of something, either styrene sheet or maybe some really thin RC airplane plywood from Midwest, which has been lying around partly curled for a decade or so.
Brass channel was thicker than roof plastic so was shimmed to eventually be flush, hopefully, with first layer of roof overlay.
Some time back, inspired by details on someone’s ancient boxcab in pictures in a book by CERA, Central Electric Railfans’ Association, I bought some Birney roof vents from Phil at HLW.
Now, will be interesting to see what price I pay for doing this, all with hand tools!
And there are multiple more Mack bashes.
And four balsa boxcar builds.
And the …
And the …
And the HO stuff for club …
And my own On30 and Gn15 …
And …
And …
