Bob... For the JC and Chester cars I seal the milled wood roof with multiple coats of sanding sealer (or just good old fashioned shelac), sanding between coats as usual. It usually takes 4-6 coats to do the job. I have a piece of 1/32" thick brass that is of the proper width and which I have bent to the contour of the roof. I use it together with a dull #11 Xacto blade to scribe the joint lines after first sealing the roofs. This method leaves a fairly clean line. I've found that it is almost impossible to totally get rid of the wood grain on these milled roof pieces, although Bob McCarthy claims to have a product he uses for his antique furniture refinishing that does the job. Earl Henry has tried it as well. The supply of old JC & Chester kits must be really diminished these days as I saw nary a single kit at the NASG this year. That was a first for me.
Bob Hogan --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > Thanks Bob and Dan for those underbody shots. No wonder why even the > manufacturers shy away from putting all that 'stuff' under there. And > no wonder why the RR's didn't do a really good job of keeping those cars > up in the latter years. > > Between listening to the convention speeches, waiting for paint to dry > on a caboose roof I dug out my old JC streamlined passenger cars. I had > started all four of them and some were pretty far along. One thing I > did attempt was to mimic the roof seams. Since the JC car roofs' were > wood, I used a scriber with decent results. The edges were a bit ragged > but if you've ever been close to those seams those builders included > some bumps and puckers too. Some of the cars also seem to exhibit what > appear to be pop-rivets. What are all you folks using? > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > > On 9/4/12 4:40 PM, adguytrains wrote: > > > > I have created a new album in the Photos Section, "Bob's Building > > Passenger cars", with the construction photos I used in the NASG > > Clinic presentation. These should be of help as you construct the > > various Supply Car kits. Included are several photos of underbody > > parts (to complement the underbody album) in position on the cars, > > plus a look at how to create a BUDD dome car. > > > > The "Bob's ACF, P/S & BUDD Cars" section has been updated with photos > > of NYC, SR and SAL recently completed cars. Again, my hope is that > > these will assist you in building your own models. > > > > I have also added a photo of the prototype 41-N-11 passenger car truck > > to better illustrate how to apply the BTS brass detail parts to the AM > > trucks. This photo is posted in the underbody details album. The photo > > was taken on our NASG trip and is of a Blue Ridge Scenic RR car. > > > > Bob Hogan > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
