Thank you all for the supportive comments on my P70 Coach. I'll try and answer all you questions here:
1. The truck are South Wind and were the same trucks used on their R50b reefer. I found them at an NASG convention years ago. But it appears that similar trucks are available from BTS. Mine required some regauging but otherwise roll just fine. 2. Jamie asked - why not styrene? I've used this method on styrene but find the rivets easier to punch on the card stock especially where the rivets are close to the edge. In styrene the edges tend to scallop around the rivet impression. Also, styrene tend to warp when multiple layers are adhered. Plus all those window openings are much easier to cut in strathmore. 3. I use plain old Elmers white glue as an adhesive being careful to apply an even thin layer of glue and not let it soak into the paper. 4. I use a shouldered compass point for punching the rivets and use an old sheet of rubber drafting table cover or a self healing cutting mat under the strathmore. It takes a little getting used to but after some practice you get the hang of it. The compass point will actually push through the paper when you make the rivet impression but the white glue fills the hole and makes the tip of the rivet look rounded. It's a good idea to place the car side on a piece of wax paper when laminating the sides together. I'll post more photos as I make more progress of the car. Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Ed Kozlowsky <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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] > > > [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/
