Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Roof covering trimmed:
I had to reglue the corners, which came unstuck during the cutting
I had to reglue the corners, which came unstuck during the cutting
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Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
In the beginning:
First joint in van #2, a Southwold short-wheelbase van created in the Peckforton shops and generously placed on Thingiverse. I printed two of them, and if I succeed in assembling them I may print more.
First joint in van #2, a Southwold short-wheelbase van created in the Peckforton shops and generously placed on Thingiverse. I printed two of them, and if I succeed in assembling them I may print more.
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Me, I'd put it down to 'shrinkage'........
It'll ride up with wear...
They always do.
PhilP.
They always do.
PhilP.
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
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Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Found this foam device for model boat builders. It works just fine for model trains 
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Found this foam device for model boat builders. It works just fine for model trains
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Rhinochugger
Retired Oik
I'm not a lover of CA glues - only in extremis do I resort to them.Roof covering started:
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A piece of .005 styrene sheet I found. Cut slightly oversize and will be epoxied down about three roof planks at a time, a tip I picked up from the Peckforton site. Thank’ee, sir.
First three planks done and left to cure for 24 hours before I do the second section. Mini clamps in action
For my scratch-built combine I used tissue and dope. I also did the crewcab roof like that, although it was a single sheet of thin ply.
The tissue/dope method leaves a little bit of the detail underneath, so in this case, you'd see it as planks, but held together and waterproofed.
However, each to their own; the van looks good - can't wait to see some paint
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Going to build two more vans, then paint all three -- if I can get outdoors when it's not too hot
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
I agree.
In this case I used some dots of CA to hold the solebar in place before applying a fillet of epoxy to reinforce the joint.
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Wheeled. Solid wheels are infinitely easier to find this side of the pond, so solid it is.
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Right way up:
Shame that Bachman only did spoked wheels for the Thomas stuff which are much larger than our standard. Trying to understand the dope and tissue unless it was just for the roof planks in which case interesting, I tend to glue the planks then use tissue and pva but this sometimes gives a few ripples if I am not careful.
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Haven't used tissue and dope since my balsa framed gliders 60+ years ago
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
I looked at them and came to the same conclusion.
Liliput makes/made spoked wheels the same size as the Bachmann solid wheels I use, but I kept seeing "out of stock" notes, even if the online merchants would send them to Canada.
Rhinochugger
Retired Oik
Yeah, to be honest, I hadn't used it for 60 years, I even struggled to find real dope (Haven't used tissue and dope since my balsa framed gliders 60+ years ago
) but, there's a time and a place for everything, and sometimes it works well on roofs.
I have a model aircraft shop not too far from me in Huntingdon, I expect they will sell the stuff?Yeah, to be honest, I hadn't used it for 60 years, I even struggled to find real dope (
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
I suspect over here that if you mentioned balsa, tissue and dope you'd get a blank stare.
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Second Southwold body started:
Just to show that I’m not completely idle.
Just to show that I’m not completely idle.