Bob, I must say that this is quite motivational. Not only is the technique straight forward and basic, not requiring any expensive tooling, but your execution is wonderful. Best of all, the drawings prepared to model the car actually become the car. Thanks for sharing the pics. Ed Koz Sanford, Maine
--- On Sun, 2/6/11, drgw223 <[email protected]> wrote: From: drgw223 <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Practioneer of an Ancient Art Form To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 5:25 PM I've attached a few photos of my latest endeavor. They can be found here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1458403835/pic/list I've resurrected this old method of building heavyweight passenger cars from cardstock, or strathmore, in this case. I mostly use the methods that Bill Boucher used in his 1975 series of articles in the S Gauge Herald titled "Pasteboard Pullmans". It's not high tech but it certainly is a way of getting the car you want if there's not many alternatives. Basically the carbody side is made from 4 layers of strathmore (100-lb. smooth paper). The outer layer has the rivets punched in from the back side and the other layers make up the window frames, a spacer for the window glazing, and the innner wall. I use a spacer at every paired window location and that way the glazing can be slid in from the top as shown in the photos. I still have a ways to go on this but wanted to show my progress to date. If you're interested, the original series of articles began with the Jan/Feb 1975 issue and ran through the next two consecutive issues. You can probably get a copy from the NASG Library. Incidently, Bill Boucher's article is based upon an article by Joe Fischer that appeared in Model Railroader in 1948. Fischer literally built hundreds (maybe thousands) of these cars in O-scale and sold them at O-scale conventions. Bob Frascella Wenham, MA [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/
