If you're wondering about the ragged lines, there will be trimwork covering it, both horizontal and vertical.
Showing posts with label passenger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label passenger. Show all posts
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Coach Paint Job
Here's the first preview of the 2-color paint job for the coach. The bottom is "Barn Red" (red oxide) and the top is "Butter Cream" (off white).
Coach Progress
Well I continued to do work on my 7/8n2 coach this Saturday morning. My primary focus has been getting the outer body sides cut and finished...
Even though you won't be able to tel the difference, I tried to match up the windows as perfectly as I could. They ended up being within 1/32" close to each other.
Here are all the body parts laid out together and a rough first coat of paint on the end pieces. The body panel on the left still needs to have the upper observation windows cut out of it. Speaking of cutting windows, I'm just about tired of doing that. In all I've ended up cutting 16 windows for both of these body sides. The original, mind you, had over twice that.
The paint looks really bad right now only because it's the first coat. I find it better to do many light coats than to do one heavy, overly-thick coat. The downside is the paint job looks bad for a bit.
And the finally a very important moment came... when the body first started to be glued together. Now, I'd like to point out, I was so excited about this happening, that I didn't bother to check and make sure that everything lined up. You can clearly see in this picture the body panels have shifted and don't line up. I discovered it about 15 minutes later, and had to go back and sand those joints and try again. They lined up the 2nd attempt. Lesson learned!
And here's the unit almost completely glued together. I still need to do the last joint, which I'll probably do after lunch when the glue is fully dried.
You can also see in that last shot that the interior has a very rough coat of dye on it. The interior walls will be covered with paneling, but I just wanted a rough darker brown color to be present if the gaps in the paneling board let any light shine down into it.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
2-Axle English Coach
Seems like my 7/8n2 updates are getting farther and farther apart.
In any case, I set aside the Contractor's Diesel that I began working on in my last post. I need to do some more research and get more solid dimensions before I continue with it. Also, being a powered unit, I'd like to "solve" all of the electronics and batteries and build the unit around that instead of the other way around.
In the mean time it seems that I've been enchanted by Victorian era English coaches. These quaint little passenger cars range in size from about 16 feet long to over 60 and are typically box shapped. One thing I was happy to find is that in the UK preserving historical lines seems to be something that is taken seriously, and a handful of charming railways are restored and operational...
...just to name a few. An interesting side characteristic is that many of these railways provide support to model railroaders, listing dimensions, characteristics, and other stats on the railway's engines and rolling stock.
I've taken to attempting to build a 2-axle coach (seating approximately 16) in 7/8n2 scale. The coach I've designed is heavily based on the Victorian era coaches from Lynton & Barnstaple, however I've shortened them down from full "bogie coaches" into a shorter 2-axle version.
As is starting to become my norm, I did a lot of research and planning before I even began construction. A particularly notable resource in all of this has been this website: Modeling the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.
The body is being fashioned out of 1/8" MDF which was leftover from my HOn30 micro-layout's faschia board. Working with it, it's like a cross between cardboard and wood. I'd odd stuff, sometimes easily damaged, very workable, and generates a ton of dust. The jury is out on if I'll ever use this again. On the positive side, a sheet 4" x 2" x 1/8" is only $3 locally making is ridiculously affordable.
Thus far I've managed to cut out the front, back, and one side wall. As seen here is the outer shell of the coach. The exterior will be detailed with strip wood and the interior will be lined with detail as in the prototype, including strip-wood benches.
The walls are given a general shape with an electronic jig saw then cleaned up with sandpaper and files. The windows are being cut by hand with a coping saw, then cleaned up with files and sandpaper. The doors are currently scribbed in about 1/16" deep. I say currently because part of me wants to actually cut them out and make working doors; part of me thinks that will end up being a huge hassle.
What I need to start planning more of is the chassis. I'm considering building it out of aluminum and cold fastening (nuts/bolts/angles).
In any case, I set aside the Contractor's Diesel that I began working on in my last post. I need to do some more research and get more solid dimensions before I continue with it. Also, being a powered unit, I'd like to "solve" all of the electronics and batteries and build the unit around that instead of the other way around.
In the mean time it seems that I've been enchanted by Victorian era English coaches. These quaint little passenger cars range in size from about 16 feet long to over 60 and are typically box shapped. One thing I was happy to find is that in the UK preserving historical lines seems to be something that is taken seriously, and a handful of charming railways are restored and operational...
...just to name a few. An interesting side characteristic is that many of these railways provide support to model railroaders, listing dimensions, characteristics, and other stats on the railway's engines and rolling stock.
I've taken to attempting to build a 2-axle coach (seating approximately 16) in 7/8n2 scale. The coach I've designed is heavily based on the Victorian era coaches from Lynton & Barnstaple, however I've shortened them down from full "bogie coaches" into a shorter 2-axle version.
As is starting to become my norm, I did a lot of research and planning before I even began construction. A particularly notable resource in all of this has been this website: Modeling the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.
The body is being fashioned out of 1/8" MDF which was leftover from my HOn30 micro-layout's faschia board. Working with it, it's like a cross between cardboard and wood. I'd odd stuff, sometimes easily damaged, very workable, and generates a ton of dust. The jury is out on if I'll ever use this again. On the positive side, a sheet 4" x 2" x 1/8" is only $3 locally making is ridiculously affordable.
Thus far I've managed to cut out the front, back, and one side wall. As seen here is the outer shell of the coach. The exterior will be detailed with strip wood and the interior will be lined with detail as in the prototype, including strip-wood benches.
The walls are given a general shape with an electronic jig saw then cleaned up with sandpaper and files. The windows are being cut by hand with a coping saw, then cleaned up with files and sandpaper. The doors are currently scribbed in about 1/16" deep. I say currently because part of me wants to actually cut them out and make working doors; part of me thinks that will end up being a huge hassle.
What I need to start planning more of is the chassis. I'm considering building it out of aluminum and cold fastening (nuts/bolts/angles).
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