Alton Junction
After gutting the car,removing the seats and wiring,I laid a sub-floor in basswood on the passenger side of the car.I haven't yet decided whether to leave the sky lights as is of remove them and put up clear glass.The detail on the glass looks a little overscale to me.I strengthened up the roof line a bit by adding 1/4 x 1/4 lumber in anticipation of cutting out the cars side.This is necessary to keep the cars structural integrity while working on it.The hole in the side is for movie making purposes.
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The next step will be to lay the finished floor in Morton's car.Hardwood floors on his side while the rest will be pine.I try to hand select each board for color and contrast.Using a darker one right up next to a light one will help to achieve what I am looking for.
JohnReid The next step will be to lay the finished floor in Morton's car.Hardwood floors on his side while the rest will be pine.I try to hand select each board for color and contrast.Using a darker one right up next to a light one will help to achieve what I am looking for.
I just did a hardwood at home. My hardwood didn't come with curved ends.
Brent
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Someone must have had a lot of popsicles to get all those "boards"!
Really, they are of a high quality wood and make for some very sturdy back boards or supports.
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Maybe wooden tongue depressors?
Coffee stir stiks come in at least five different sizes and tongue depressor two that I know about.They are generally made from birch wood and are very strong.
Even though it is separated into two compartments there still is lots of space to work with.The baggage side will eventually become a storage area for old props etc..I have removed the orange windows even though they made for a nice warm glow inside as they were overscale plus I like to have complete control of the lighting including color.The ceiling has been finished with cherry wood veneer and I am now boxing in the beams in walnut veneer.In Mortons car there was a lot of brass tubing hanging from the ceiling above to be used as handrails to steady himself as he moved about his private car.He was disabled and slowly dying from bone disease.
mobilman44 Someone must have had a lot of popsicles to get all those "boards"! Really, they are of a high quality wood and make for some very sturdy back boards or supports.
mobilman44,
Popsicle sticks are made out from the wood of white Birch trees. This wood is a favorite of of furniture makers because of its property that resists breakage. Other common products derived from this wood are tooth picks and tongue depressors used by doctors in clinics.
John says he is using birch for his project, and birch, of course, is a favorite among model makers.
That's my factoid for the day.
Rich
This is lots of fun to do but it does require patience , it can be quite tedious at times fitting and re-fitting.
I don't feel the need to put a lot of fake windows in this car because of the reflective glass would be not good for movie making.Besides the windows provided in the kit are of poor quality and only serve to distort any image when trying to shoot through them. Because this would leave the interior open to the elements,subtle weathering will have to be employed as I would still like to retain some of the beauty of the woodwork. In those days the finish would probably be a varnish of some kind which actually seems to weather quite well judging by my own 30 year old tool shed that has been subject to Canadian extremes.In a warmer and dryer environment it would do quite well I should think.
Does the door work or can it be setup slightly open to show the interior?
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Stourbridge Lion Does the door work or can it be setup slightly open to show the interior?
So far, it remains a mystery, open to speculation.
I think it is a bathroom, so better to leave the door closed.
There really is nothing to show,remember it is all fake !
Doesn't mean you could not put in a fake "john" just seen within the crack of an open door
Stourbridge Lion Doesn't mean you could not put in a fake "john" just seen within the crack of an open door
Actually, if you look closely at the photo, you could slip a scale sized mirror between the floor and the wall and get a look for yourself.
Not for long Rich,once I put on the trim !
Ya know when aging and weathering hardwoods I found found that the best way to do it is too weather it as it would do naturally,in other words from a polished finish to a dull.In this way you can retain the beauty of the grain as it seemingly ages.The birch floor for example was originally a gloss finish that was dulled using very fine sandpaper for the wear and tear, then chalk pastels representing the build up of crud over the years ,followed by a spray of matte acrylic fixative to hold it all in place.Later more crud can be built up in all the cracks and crevasses
and to create shadows.
John.
Are you using thin veneer stock to model the inside? Looks pretty nice.
How much of any detail did you need to remove from the inside to keep a resonable wall thickness??
Hi Chad ! yes I use veneer ,hobby store wood whatever I can find.Just keep your eye open too for found wood.
This Bachmann car is easy to adapt to veneering as the plastic walls are already quite thin.Just sand off what you don't want.I would use two part 5 min exopy for gluing purposes.The hardest part is the constant fitting and re-fitting of the parts together for measuring etc...The plastic is very forgiving and is not easily broken.All in all it makes for a nice bashing project.
Thanks John, that's what I wanted to know. I got a couple bags of veneer's from a Woodcraft store once, & they are nice, they are not backed so sometimes they may split when doing real small work or the blade needs resharpening. Nothing beats real wood!
John,
Nice baseboard, but I would still add some quarter round or shoe moulding along the floor.
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