04-03-2024, 05:38 PM
Progress. Got on Bowser's website and bought a new set of handrails (you can't just buy the front corners unfortunately, even those fall out most often - gonna glue those in place when I get Humpty back together again at the end of this project), a new left-side air tank, a Cal Scale detail kit for the C628/C630, and a Cal Scale 3-chime horn.
With installation of the detail kit which includes a bunch of grab irons, lift eyes, windshield wipers, hoses and some other tiny pieces that will probably lead to the demise of my sanity, I've now created a bunch more work for myself.
You know, sometimes spending a little money is all that it takes to get the motivation up.
I was talking about rain gutters last night. The internet concensus on material to use for simulating the Reading rain gutters on the cab roof was to use 0.010"-diameter copper rod, and I voiced my thought that maybe I could squash the rod flat to better mimic the 1" angle iron of the prototype. So, I had some green floral stem wire in my workshop. It's 22-gauge wire, so a lot more beefy (about 2 and a half times larger) than suggested, but I took it over to my vise and pounded some flat with a hammer just to see what I'd get out of that....
Here's a shot of the original (unbashed wire)...
And here it is bashed with the flat end of a claw hammer...
And here's the same piece in rough position if I wanted to use it as gutter material...
Too chunky, yes.... but the idea's there. If I procure the right diameter material, it's a quick trip to the vise to get something that doesn't look round.
With installation of the detail kit which includes a bunch of grab irons, lift eyes, windshield wipers, hoses and some other tiny pieces that will probably lead to the demise of my sanity, I've now created a bunch more work for myself.
You know, sometimes spending a little money is all that it takes to get the motivation up.
I was talking about rain gutters last night. The internet concensus on material to use for simulating the Reading rain gutters on the cab roof was to use 0.010"-diameter copper rod, and I voiced my thought that maybe I could squash the rod flat to better mimic the 1" angle iron of the prototype. So, I had some green floral stem wire in my workshop. It's 22-gauge wire, so a lot more beefy (about 2 and a half times larger) than suggested, but I took it over to my vise and pounded some flat with a hammer just to see what I'd get out of that....
Here's a shot of the original (unbashed wire)...
And here it is bashed with the flat end of a claw hammer...
And here's the same piece in rough position if I wanted to use it as gutter material...
Too chunky, yes.... but the idea's there. If I procure the right diameter material, it's a quick trip to the vise to get something that doesn't look round.
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