05-19-2010, 05:40 PM
nachoman Wrote:I havent made as much progress on this as I had hoped ... have assembled and painted the trucks and assembled the roof pieces. I have also been painting the grab irons white. I don't have the steadiest hand in the world ...
I'm enjoying the journey, Nacho, as It's given me some encouragement, and I've spent some time today plugging 13 large holes in end platforms caused by cammed slides in the tooling to create the original coupler pocket, then "weld" two strips of Evergreen together to get the desired thickness, cut plugs to length, load them up with solvent and press them home. Photos soon on my thread Seen here (sorry about the shameless plug :oops: )
Now, my question ... you had to see that coming, right? I see what looks to be individual boards on those roof walks ... what is the thickness of those pieces? I have already cut 42 pieces for roof walks from styrene stock I decided was pretty much the correct thickness boards for the application, but I'd be interested in what someone else has done. Far be it from me to assume I know the answer ... I just made an "edumacated guesstimation."
8-) Your input will be appreciated, thanks!
biL
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln