02-01-2011, 09:04 PM
Starting with the Bachmann car, the entire back end would have to be completely rebuilt, to achieve the distinctive curve of the prototype.
That said, it's not really that impossible a thing to do. I would recommend, at the least, once you have acquired the car, disassemble it and figure out a "best way" to proceed, writing down a "step-by-step", that you would be comfortable "executing".
That would give you a chance to visualize, and note how each bit would need to be be modified. The floor/body, the windows, and the curve of the roof.
When I rebuilt the Quartergalleries of the "Jolly Roger Pirate Ship" from Lindberg, To make a model of HMS Surprise, as seen in the movie "Master and Commander", I used Balsa blocks for the compound curved "roofs". I glued them in place, and then formed them to the right shape. They got a liberal application of ACC ( superglue ) and were then sanded to a smooth finish and painted.
You could use a similar method for the new roof end on the car, with Balsa, Basswood, Styrene and " Apoxie sculpt ", or just a buildup of styrene, filed and sanded to shape.
Yes......an interesting "bash" indeed.
That said, it's not really that impossible a thing to do. I would recommend, at the least, once you have acquired the car, disassemble it and figure out a "best way" to proceed, writing down a "step-by-step", that you would be comfortable "executing".
That would give you a chance to visualize, and note how each bit would need to be be modified. The floor/body, the windows, and the curve of the roof.
When I rebuilt the Quartergalleries of the "Jolly Roger Pirate Ship" from Lindberg, To make a model of HMS Surprise, as seen in the movie "Master and Commander", I used Balsa blocks for the compound curved "roofs". I glued them in place, and then formed them to the right shape. They got a liberal application of ACC ( superglue ) and were then sanded to a smooth finish and painted.
You could use a similar method for the new roof end on the car, with Balsa, Basswood, Styrene and " Apoxie sculpt ", or just a buildup of styrene, filed and sanded to shape.
Yes......an interesting "bash" indeed.
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Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
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!