The Modelers Thread

[robert.]

Starting to take shape

[gregj410]

Anybody ever use their hip to try and catch something falling to the floor? I drop a piece of this model and caught it with my hip and kitchen island. There may have been less damage if the caboose end fell to the floor. I was working on wax paper. Somehow it got taped to my shirt and moved with me. Causing a plunge towards the floor. Good news is i hip checked it into the kitchen drawers. keeping it from hitting the floor. Bad news is i now have some glue work. this scribed breaks EASY! If i built another one. I would glue another sheet to the backside for strength.

Many times, however I usually destroy it in the process

[gregj410]

Looking good Robert. Those clamps look like they are under a lot of pressure though

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Anybody ever use their hip to try and catch something falling to the floor?

Hip, no. Foot, yes. Far softer than concrete floor in my shop. However, doing that to catch a dropped scalpel is not recommended.

Bad news is i now have some glue work. this scribed breaks EASY! If i built another one. I would glue another sheet to the backside for strength.

Wait until you work with the thin scribed siding,

[rogruth]

Anybody ever use their hip to try and catch something falling to the floor?

Hip, no. Foot, yes. Far softer than concrete floor in my shop. However, doing that to catch a dropped scalpel is not recommended.
Have you tried that?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Anybody ever use their hip to try and catch something falling to the floor?

Hip, no. Foot, yes. Far softer than concrete floor in my shop. However, doing that to catch a dropped scalpel is not recommended.

Have you tried that?

Tried it? Oh, yes. Right through my shoe and into my foot.

[rogruth]

Hip, no. Foot, yes. Far softer than concrete floor in my shop. However, doing that to catch a dropped scalpel is not recommended.

Have you tried that?

Tried it? Oh, yes. Right through my shoe and into my foot.

My guess was that you were speaking from experience.
How many times have you done that?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Reefer hatches were missing from the reefer parts.....pulled a set out of the parts bin.



And made a new roof.....

[robert.]

Extra bracing

[gregj410]

I like it !

[RBH29]

A little late notice here but the Amherst Railway Society's train show in Springfield, MA is being held virtually this weekend due to the pandemic. As part of the show Bar Mills Scale Models is holding model building clinics on Youtube and Facebook on Saturday and Sunday. I thought I'd pass this on but it might already be old news to you guys.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Underbody done as much as it's going to get done on the reefer car....

[robert.]

More glazing. woo hoo. I cut a few holes in the plastic. Then used wood and a toothpick. Wood glue comes out the hole and hold the toothpick.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ends......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Put the sides on and calling this one done now....



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