Making and using simple jigs...

[tausugair]

Hi Farouk, and to Big Blue.

I hope that you'll post some photos of your cabooses, either when they're finished, or, even better, how about starting a "How I built my caboose" thread. I'm currently working on a caboose for the 2010 Spring Bash Challenge but plan to follow it up with some parts-built versions of cupola-style cabooses.

Wayne

Wayne, many, many thanks... It will be one of a rewarding stay in Big Blue for me!

Making a thread on "how To.." is still a bit daunting for me but I'm posting ( pardon the intrusion, please) some photos of the caboose project...





Except for the couplers and the trucks (American standard gage, not cape gage of PNR), the project was scratch-built from styrene, index paper (window awnings) and guitar strings (stanchions)... the making of the platform railings, window grills will benefit so much from your tutorial... the construction drawing was developed from the following image..



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Again, many thanks . . .

Farouk