Sorry 'bout that guys, I thought I was only sending the photos to Bill.
If you want to see them send $15 to www........ !!
Bob
On 3/30/11 12:40 PM, Bob Werre wrote:
>
> 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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