01-19-2021, 12:53 PM
I have made some progress.
After building five of those Sylvan Scale CNR Wood Caboose kits following the instructions, I have decided to make some improvements on this one.
First, I added the cupola corner braces that come as an option. (Green rectangle)
I also added vertical grabirons on the ends (Blue circle) and roofwalk supports (Red circle). Those are small wires. On previous builds, I omitted them partly because they were not mentioned in the instructions but principally because I didn't feel comfortable with such small pieces.
Finally, I added new roofwalk supports (Yellow circle). On the original kit, those supports are molded in the roof panels. As they are not uniformly molded, this can lead to a warped roofwalk. They are also too low so the gap between the roofwalk and the roof is nonexistent in some places.
Those are small improvements that will yield, I hope, a nicer model. So far so good.
After building five of those Sylvan Scale CNR Wood Caboose kits following the instructions, I have decided to make some improvements on this one.
First, I added the cupola corner braces that come as an option. (Green rectangle)
I also added vertical grabirons on the ends (Blue circle) and roofwalk supports (Red circle). Those are small wires. On previous builds, I omitted them partly because they were not mentioned in the instructions but principally because I didn't feel comfortable with such small pieces.
Finally, I added new roofwalk supports (Yellow circle). On the original kit, those supports are molded in the roof panels. As they are not uniformly molded, this can lead to a warped roofwalk. They are also too low so the gap between the roofwalk and the roof is nonexistent in some places.
Those are small improvements that will yield, I hope, a nicer model. So far so good.
Guy from Southern Quebec.