11-17-2011, 07:20 PM
Steamtrains Wrote:You're making "real" box cars out of those toys..!!
Look forward to seeing how you make out with the "chunk of wood" caboose project....
A pine 2x4 turns out to be too hard to carve out a caboose
maybe soft pine? will be getting a chunk of balsa or bass wood from a supplier for decoy carving(birds, fish ect.)Also made an O gauge pattern as well. will update this idea in a seperate thread latter on.
The On30 boxcars have a little bit of progress today as I built up 3 pair of couplers that will be monted this week end I hope. I need to find a better process of assembling couplers as the center springs arew not that easy to install and sometimes need to be found as they tend to fly across room.
the next step will be to decide how to letter the box cars as Hayseed and Hicksville RR. Sorry for the long delay and lack of photos for those who are on the edge of seat of this toy to passable rollingstock endevor I am amazed at how just a shot of paint and new trucks and body mounted kadee On3 couplers makes a world of differance.