Wright-track models Southern radio car

[dragonriversteel]

Hello all,

Has any of yaz guys,bought and put together a wright track models radio car ,resin kit ? I've heard through the grape vine ,that resin kits tend to warp over time. Is this true ? What type of glue do you use? Does Norfolk southern still use radio cars ?Reason being,I have a twenty five car coal train {southern/roundhouse} five bay hoppers. That really need something to spice it up..........Patrick

[areibel]

First off, a grammar lesson- up here, it's "younz guys", like "are younz guys goin fer a beer?".
And I've got some resin kits that are probably 10 years old and haven't moved a bit. I think the bigger problem with older resin kits wsas that the plastic wasn't as stable as originally thought, and it would shrink. I had a resin boxcar kit that did that, and I thought I had screwed it up- turns out the chassis had shrunk about .070, the sides and top were still OK. Couldn't figure out why it worked that way, the chassis was actually the thickest part of the kit, it shrank the most.
Sometimes you can get a warped piece in a kit, especially smaller pieces but you can usually fix that by running it under hot tap water and flattening it back out. Again, I don't think this is a big problem with newer plastics, but I wouldn't leave anything sitting in bright sunlight, just in case!
I usually use thin ACC to assemble kits- get everything to fit together nicely first, then put a small drop along the seam inside- it will wick through and bond. On a long joint you might have to put a dab every half inch or so. I have a little tool I made, jam the point of a sewing needle into a piece of dowel and then clip the top of the eye open. The little "fork" that's left will hold the glue until it's touched to the surfaces. Get a couple different sizes of needles and make a couple different sized ones for different jobs, bigger ones for long seams, a small one for attaching brake rigging, etc.. When they get gunked up you can clean them off with a little acetone or burn them off with a match.
The biggest thing to do when dealing with resin is to read and follow the directions provided- really do it! When it says to wa***he pieces with dish soap and a toothbrush, do it! Clean the flash off carefully, file and sand gently and check your straight lines and corners with a small square, etc.. the prep to get the kit ready is probably going to take a lot longer than the actual gluing up, but it's worth it!

[dragonriversteel]

Grammer lesson from New York,where I'm from.We prononce it yaz guys,in PA it might be younz guys,but in NY its yaz guys. Thank you for your imput on resin kits,I'll be careful and keep them out of direct sunlight........Patrick

[Rotorranch]

Dragon... you are in the south now. Down here, it's "y'all", pronounced yawl.

Better git that'un figgered out 'fore some good ole boy whups a pot knot on yore head fer bein a Yankee! [;)]

Cuzzin Rotor