Wow! Thanks for this. This will also be useful for me. I know Roger Chrysler and he's a real nice guy, but I didn't know about this link. Roger has been most helpful giving me info about the Lake Erie and Northern which will be a part of my layout. That's what Roger also models in HO along with the LE&N's sister line, the Grand River Railway. It was he who put me onto the fact that these kits were also available in S. Co-incidentally I'm off to see William Flatt this evening to pick up some detail parts for the Red Ball kit.
Jim ________________________________ From: riffer73 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 9:01:02 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Shaping a brass roof Just in case you haven't seen it, here is a build log of the Model Railroad Warehouse steeplecab in HO, I believe: http://2guyz.info/Forums/viewtopic/t=3010.html I don't know if it was the same builder, but I did see these at the Toronto Train show and they were well done. Regardless, be bent all the curved parts around brass tube. --- In [email protected], Thorinn Marty <lagt...@...> wrote: > > Good morning, > I am assembling a brass steeplecab kit. All of the pieces come flat. > The roof consists of a piece of 0.040" thick brass. (Wire gauge 19.) I am > supposed to curve it to create a standard boxcab roof: flat with curves only > from side-to-side. The radius at the edge is about 1/4 inch and the rest is > a > wide, gentle curve. > > I just shaped the first roof for my steeplecab fleet. It was not fun and I > am > not trilled with the results. (Fortunately a wooden pantograph platform > will > cover most of the mess.) The piece is too wide for my bending brake. My >hands > > are not strong enough to shape this 0.040 or 19 gauge brass sheet. It is > too > slippery for my vice to hold with a rod plus I am trying to not damage the > rivet detail. Do I need a specialty tool? > > This one is small at only 3 1/2 inches in length. I plan to build some big > boxcabs, starting with a NYNH&H EF-3b. These will be the same width but much > longer. > > I know these lists includes some masters of brass. How do you shape such > things? > Thorin > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
