09-03-2015, 01:26 PM
Evergreen Scale Models, produces styrene sheet, rod, tube,strips,"T" section, right angle.
They have a tube, 1/4" ( or possibly the exact diameter you need for your project ). You could then add the "dome top", built up from various thickness of sheet stock, filed/sanded to shape. The dome lid "fabrication" could be turned, after it is joined to the body ( tube) with sanding blocks, or jeweler's files.
The domes on this project:
were built up with several diameters of Evergreen tubing, and several thicknesses of Evergreen sheet.
The tubing has walls that are 1/32" thick, and the different sizes, are such that they can be one size inside the next.
The domes on this loco used two different sizes. If memory serves me correctly....the boiler is PVC pipe. Evergreen tubing was also used for the cylinders.
They have a tube, 1/4" ( or possibly the exact diameter you need for your project ). You could then add the "dome top", built up from various thickness of sheet stock, filed/sanded to shape. The dome lid "fabrication" could be turned, after it is joined to the body ( tube) with sanding blocks, or jeweler's files.
The domes on this project:
were built up with several diameters of Evergreen tubing, and several thicknesses of Evergreen sheet.
The tubing has walls that are 1/32" thick, and the different sizes, are such that they can be one size inside the next.
The domes on this loco used two different sizes. If memory serves me correctly....the boiler is PVC pipe. Evergreen tubing was also used for the cylinders.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!