What happened at your workbench today?

Work continues on MER No.23. I cut and scribed planking onto a new, longer, 'deck', cut and scribed new inner ends for the wagon sections (on the original kit the wagon bodies butt up to the cab) and added boarding to the lower cab sheets as per the original. The wagon bodies were then glued in place.
20251202_101236.jpgNext task on the list was to measure, cut and fit the cab roof -serendipitously, I had some spare roof ribs left over from one of my laser cuts that were the same radius. Isn't it good when that happens? I then cut 8mm square softwood strip to size, and made up the underframe -the kit doesn't have this, but it will make everything more rigid and provide a fixing for the bogies/trucks. I then put the cab and its roof in place for a motivation-boosting Assessment Of Progress...
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Whilst this isn't, and wasn't intended to be, a precise scale model, I think it captures the spirit of the original well enough.
 
Northsider said:
Work continues on MER No.23. I cut and scribed planking onto a new, longer, 'deck', cut and scribed new inner ends for the wagon sections (on the original kit the wagon bodies butt up to the cab) and added boarding to the lower cab sheets as per the original. The wagon bodies were then glued in place.
View attachment 350311Next task on the list was to measure, cut and fit the cab roof -serendipitously, I had some spare roof ribs left over from one of my laser cuts that were the same radius. Isn't it good when that happens? I then cut 8mm square softwood strip to size, and made up the underframe -the kit doesn't have this, but it will make everything more rigid and provide a fixing for the bogies/trucks. I then put the cab and its roof in place for a motivation-boosting Assessment Of Progress...
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Whilst this isn't, and wasn't intended to be, a precise scale model, I think it captures the spirit of the original well enough.
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Certainly looks like it to me, lovely job.
 
John Fedak said:
I use baking soda and it acts like a catalyst. Great for rebuilding cracked screw posts and filling gaps.
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For joining my 3D printed plastic I use Super Glue gel then I spray it with isopropol alcohol and it sets fast with no fizzing.
I might try the baking soda to fill some small gaps I have in a couple of models.
 
Like Northsider Northsider I have a second project bubbling, namely making a building for the railway and for the IOM 15mm group stand at Stoneleigh, bags of time then :D
I quite fancied a goods shed, thought Peel fits the bill, no drawing, no decent square on photos, still there, but engulfed by the House of Manannan, how hard could it be!!
Managed to come up with a few measurements which came out at 33' x 53' or 485mm x 825mm in scale! That's nearly 2'x3', not a problem, then I built a cardboard mockup, oops! It's big
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Made a couple of cuts and managed to shrink it a bit and it fits better.20251203_115131.jpg
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Now time to order the foam board! Oh yes, I need to make it "flat pack" it to get it in the car for Stoneleigh!!
 
Northsider said:
Oh, no one will notice once the roof is on & they are standing 8ft away after a couple of pints on a dark, moonless night...

...at the bottom of a coal mine...

:giggle:
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I suppose as not many have seen inside the real thing, I could do anything!! Might have to fit lighting and a hinged roof :think:
 
Fezwig said:
Like Northsider Northsider I have a second project bubbling, namely making a building for the railway and for the IOM 15mm group stand at Stoneleigh, bags of time then :D
I quite fancied a goods shed, thought Peel fits the bill, no drawing, no decent square on photos, still there, but engulfed by the House of Manannan, how hard could it be!!
Managed to come up with a few measurements which came out at 33' x 53' or 485mm x 825mm in scale! That's nearly 2'x3', not a problem, then I built a cardboard mockup, oops! It's big
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Made a couple of cuts and managed to shrink it a bit and it fits better.View attachment 350383
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Now time to order the foam board! Oh yes, I need to make it "flat pack" it to get it in the car for Stoneleigh!!
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Cardboard prototyping is a great way to see how things will work, did a fair bit of it when building my pals Boston Lodge and Portmadog buildings. So much easier to cut down when you realise just how big things can be in our scale.
 
Very novel, I had to look at my cutting mat as I tend to use the ally thing below or my North East Chopper. Looks like a new cutting mat may be on the cards, one with diagonal lines. This one has certainly seen many years of abusive use!
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