01-30-2011, 09:26 PM
More pics...
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In the first shot you can see more clearly the platform base without any planking or siding. Also the four walls prior to assembly. I used two freight-end short walls, one from each kit, and two long walls from one kit. I cut the long walls at the point where the wainscot detail changes. On the original model this is where the platform ramp is located.
From the second picture you can see where I added a people door in one end, along with attic windows in each gable.
The freight station walls have a casting flaw that's not too hard to correct for. The horizontal trim between the wainscoting and the clapboards does not line up from wall to wall if you just glue them together by lining up the walls along the base of the wall. To correct for this just line up the walls at the corners using the trim. This leaves a gap along the top of the long walls, which is easily fixed by a strip of styrene. The planks on the platform should account for the extra height in the end walls. If not, just sand down the lower edge of the long walls.
I beveled the cut edges on the walls with my Xacto on edge, dragging it along the wall and finishing it with a sanding stick, being careful not to mar the outer edge. I added .060 styrene angle as vertical edge trim after tacking the corners together, being sure to sand away the original kit vertical trim. This makes the corner look clean and tidy.
More later.
Galen
[albumimg]3501[/albumimg]
[albumimg]3500[/albumimg]
In the first shot you can see more clearly the platform base without any planking or siding. Also the four walls prior to assembly. I used two freight-end short walls, one from each kit, and two long walls from one kit. I cut the long walls at the point where the wainscot detail changes. On the original model this is where the platform ramp is located.
From the second picture you can see where I added a people door in one end, along with attic windows in each gable.
The freight station walls have a casting flaw that's not too hard to correct for. The horizontal trim between the wainscoting and the clapboards does not line up from wall to wall if you just glue them together by lining up the walls along the base of the wall. To correct for this just line up the walls at the corners using the trim. This leaves a gap along the top of the long walls, which is easily fixed by a strip of styrene. The planks on the platform should account for the extra height in the end walls. If not, just sand down the lower edge of the long walls.
I beveled the cut edges on the walls with my Xacto on edge, dragging it along the wall and finishing it with a sanding stick, being careful not to mar the outer edge. I added .060 styrene angle as vertical edge trim after tacking the corners together, being sure to sand away the original kit vertical trim. This makes the corner look clean and tidy.
More later.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!