I on the RDA Delaney Iron Works and I am not impressed with the instructions. Two pathetic pictures, no diagrams. First problem is the covered walkway. I guess they don't bother to put a floor in this walkway because I can't find one in the parts and they don't mention it in the directions. They say to glue together the two roof pieces but I can't figure out how to determine how they should go together. Are they supposed to fit into the recessed area on the roof of the office bldg? Does one side overlap the other? You are supposed to put the two roof sections together and then attach the wall sections to the assembled roof sections.Then it says to attach to the iron works bldg but never mentions attaching to the office bldg. Also says it "poses unique challenges". Gee, that really helps explain it to me. I am hoping there are those of you out there who have put this kit together and who can offer me some helpful instruction, tips, shortcuts, warnings, etc. I welcome all input.
Thanks
wdcrvr
There is a tutorial on duffshobbyshed.com site. Good luck!
Thanks for your reply. I have checked out that tutorial and it is really good. However, it only covers construction of the stone building, not the brick office, the warehouse or the covered walkway. So I still need help.
thanks
There is another one on www.railroad-line.com. its a thread under the Chambers craftsman corner.
wdcrvr: I can fully sympathise with you on the RDA kit. I finished my Delany Iron Works kit this past year and it was the most frustrating one so far. Their instructions are almost worthless; a few photos from the internet helped but the areas you mentioned are the ones that I had problems with as well. I had to cut and fit parts and supply my own styrene for many areas. I did make a floor for the covered walkway and have to rework the roof and wall sections to make it all fit. I also added floors inside and some walls and figures and a few LED's for night viewing.
I have attached a few photos of mine in before and after conditions; sorry I didn't find any of the 'progression' photos I took. I hope these help somewhat. Good luck with the build, it is worth it in the end. RDA makes some unusual structures and this is the 4th one I have built. They are more like plastic 'craftsman' kits.
-Bob
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These are definitely. Craftsman kits. They do fill a need as buildings of this type fill every era. In my photos is a poc of a delany iron works. And the machine shop kits combined to make an abandond factory site. The covered crossover. I built from styrene. Like you i couldnt figure it out. I will post a few other pics to give you a better idea. As for tips. Definitly use corner bracing. Mount the whole thing on a base. Dont be afraid to substitute scratchbuilt pieces. Get creative with details to hide the fit issues with these kits. That actually makes them.more interesting anyway. I just bought another of thier kits to turn into an old abandond mill with water wheel. That should be fun.
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Modeling an HO gauge freelance version of the Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and the Utah Railway around 1957 in a world where Pirates from the Great Salt Lake founded Ogden, UT.
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Bob
Thanks so much for the words of encouragement and the photos. If ou have photos from any other angles I would love to see them also. My two biggest concerns is how to determine the angle at which you glue together the two halves of the roof for the brick building and how to get the walkway roof to fit in to the roof of the brick building at the proper angle. Getting there will be tricky. I will have to take my time and be patient. Thanks again.
wdcrvr Bob Thanks so much for the words of encouragement and the photos. If ou have photos from any other angles I would love to see them also. My two biggest concerns is how to determine the angle at which you glue together the two halves of the roof for the brick building and how to get the walkway roof to fit in to the roof of the brick building at the proper angle. Getting there will be tricky. I will have to take my time and be patient. Thanks again. wdcrvr
The brick building roof was just made to an angle that 'fit' within the stepped end walls. I use strips glued to the end walls once I settled on the angle. The roof on the overpass was again a 'cut and fit' process. I think I used some card stock to get the pattern and then cut the styrene to fit. There is a lot of cutting and fitting where the ends meet the adjacent building walls, especially with the layered brick and stone surfaces. Just take your time. I kept the three buildings separated and just glued the overpass to the brick building. Once I permanantly mount it on the layout I may joint them into one structure. Not sure about that though???
] -Bob
I just happend to come across this listing in the hoseeker.net site for the Delany Iron Works instruction sheet and diagram. It was originally made by Ertl, item 099-4687, but there isn't a whole lot more information other than a fairly complete exploded diagram. It is listed under the Broadway Limited tab and then under the Ertl page. Hope this helps somewhat more than what you already have.
http://www.hoseeker.net/otherhotrains6.html