03-20-2009, 01:56 AM
Tetters, David,
thanks you also for your friendly comments. I'm surprised that this small work has got such an advertence in your eyes. I worked so as I tought that it will be the most simple way getting these round roof ends. And I must not make some repairs or corrections while modeling.
David,
that what I did was to make well fitting parts. I have grinded one side of each styrene strip well fitting to the previous glued and fixed strip, the other side was so as I did they cut from the plain sheet. Also in all cases I filled the gaps by ample ACC glue and let it harden before the next strip was added. While the gluing process I grindet the rounded profiles only in a very row style - each roof segment got its finish not till before completing the whole roof segment. This all worked well and I was surprised about the result. After getting the ready roof shapes I glued additionally all styrene strips to all edges and also to the roof ends so I have got the thypical overhangs at the roof. All was ready after grinding them also.
But I'm sure I would have more complications when I did build all the parts from wood. There are too many wood fibers and many zones of different hardness in the wood and these would not given this even curvatures as I have got them with plastic.
I think that today's modern materials will give better results in many cases than the relatively simple materials of former times.
Edit: David, your nickname BR60103 remebers to a German engine of class 60. Is there a connection?
thanks you also for your friendly comments. I'm surprised that this small work has got such an advertence in your eyes. I worked so as I tought that it will be the most simple way getting these round roof ends. And I must not make some repairs or corrections while modeling.
David,
that what I did was to make well fitting parts. I have grinded one side of each styrene strip well fitting to the previous glued and fixed strip, the other side was so as I did they cut from the plain sheet. Also in all cases I filled the gaps by ample ACC glue and let it harden before the next strip was added. While the gluing process I grindet the rounded profiles only in a very row style - each roof segment got its finish not till before completing the whole roof segment. This all worked well and I was surprised about the result. After getting the ready roof shapes I glued additionally all styrene strips to all edges and also to the roof ends so I have got the thypical overhangs at the roof. All was ready after grinding them also.
But I'm sure I would have more complications when I did build all the parts from wood. There are too many wood fibers and many zones of different hardness in the wood and these would not given this even curvatures as I have got them with plastic.
I think that today's modern materials will give better results in many cases than the relatively simple materials of former times.
Edit: David, your nickname BR60103 remebers to a German engine of class 60. Is there a connection?
Cheers, Bernd
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Please visit also my website www.us-modelsof1900.de.
You can read some more about my model projects and interests in my chronicle of facebook.