08-28-2015, 10:56 AM
Matt, Bear, Reinhard, thank you very much for your friendly appreciation! Nice to read about your interest and your comments.
I must say, that I had seldom such a pleasure to modify a thing that was "finished" in my eyes. The success was "visible" for me with reworking the first parts because all did work on that manner how I hoped it. I could drill the holes without each problems in these small parts because these shortly cast brass parts were very "softly" and not hard how rolled older brass profiles in many cases. And so I'm sure that I can rework also all other parts on same way. All in all I would like to say that this change will be a great success to me.
@Matt, of course I have enough parts for rebuilding all door locks. I will use them from the original sets and I ordered one set more as an extra part. This was the first one that I rebuilt.
I'm sure also that I will not build exact same door locks for future models, however I dream to build a set such white reefers as pictured here on Shorpy - real white reefers. Remember, my "White Swan" reefers have a red/brown basic color. And these white reefers have very different door locks.
One thing that I never mentioned is really the raw surface on shaft of original locks. Yes, also this was a main reason to rework these parts and this is also the most noticeable change.
@Bear, yes, I'm very satisfied with the parts now and I think that you can read this in my previous lines.
And as last, @Reinhard, please do not hide your light under a bushel! You are an excellent model builder and all the comments on your posts confirm that here in forum. And we should make a model train meeting on next opportunity how I have written in a PM, if I will travel to Stuttgart again.
I must say, that I had seldom such a pleasure to modify a thing that was "finished" in my eyes. The success was "visible" for me with reworking the first parts because all did work on that manner how I hoped it. I could drill the holes without each problems in these small parts because these shortly cast brass parts were very "softly" and not hard how rolled older brass profiles in many cases. And so I'm sure that I can rework also all other parts on same way. All in all I would like to say that this change will be a great success to me.
@Matt, of course I have enough parts for rebuilding all door locks. I will use them from the original sets and I ordered one set more as an extra part. This was the first one that I rebuilt.
I'm sure also that I will not build exact same door locks for future models, however I dream to build a set such white reefers as pictured here on Shorpy - real white reefers. Remember, my "White Swan" reefers have a red/brown basic color. And these white reefers have very different door locks.
One thing that I never mentioned is really the raw surface on shaft of original locks. Yes, also this was a main reason to rework these parts and this is also the most noticeable change.
@Bear, yes, I'm very satisfied with the parts now and I think that you can read this in my previous lines.
And as last, @Reinhard, please do not hide your light under a bushel! You are an excellent model builder and all the comments on your posts confirm that here in forum. And we should make a model train meeting on next opportunity how I have written in a PM, if I will travel to Stuttgart again.
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.