Sylvan SS and Westerfield USRA boxcar

[cnrglen]

I completed the USRA boxcar up to painting this afternoon. Yesterday I glued the roof and roofwalks on. The roof as I mentioned is a two piece affair. I used medium thickness CA to attach it as it does give a bit of time to maneuver the parts into alignment before it sets up completely. The roofwalk covers the seam.
The endwalks are a bit of a challenge.



The walks are attached by straps made of flat brass strip. The ends get a 90 degree bend in them before gluing them to the underside of the walks.







Then the straps are glued to the underside of the main roofwalk, and the edges of the roof.




Then I finished the model off by adding the retainer valve piping, The roofwalk end supports and the stirup steps.




Now I have 4 cars ready for the paint shop.