Here's what I have--like I mentioned there are two cars here. I hope
you find the deck interesting--I'm thinking of just sprinkling some rust
on the deck and sealing it down it some glue of some kind--this model
requires lots of mess!
Bob
>
> Hi Bob --
>
> The deed is done. The old steps were filed and ground away and new
> steps were fabricated from flat wire with the intermediate step
> soldered inside the “frame” of the whole thing. Gets pretty strong
> after that. Rather than go through a 1000 little drills and pinning
> the steps to the car, I instant glued the steps to the car side just
> under the top flange and to the lower flange. While it won’t take
> rough handling, it should be OK (isn’t that the reason they were
> cast-on in the first place?). Once I get the paint touched up, I’ll
> take another photo. One last touch will be restraining angles ”welded”
> to the deck of the car to keep the transformer load in place. I have
> seen photos of such things still stuck on a deck after the car had
> been unloaded, probably to be removed by the next user.
>
> I like the idea of the wood end decks. I won’t make that change,
> however -- I have enough time and treasure tied up in this thing
> already! If you have the chance, I would like to see the photos that
> you have. I did this one from a photo (builder’s?) that Bill Lane sent
> me.
>
> Have fun!
> Bill Winans
> Prescott Valley, AZ
>
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