Punkawallah
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Andy's Modelmaking Misadventures
- Thread starter Andy in Germany
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Andy in Germany
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Excellent; that shows it has the right vibe...
It's working; my plan; it is working I tell you...
MWahahahaaaaaaaaaa... Oh, er... good... sorry; as you were.
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Andy in Germany
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The driving trailer is slowly getting a roof.
Because I know I can’t cut that accurately, I went for the tried and tested method of gluing lots of assorted offcuts of plastic sheet to make a solid slab which I could later sand to be flush with the sides. Or as near as makes no difference anyway.
This wasn’t perfect even after sanding, so I got out the filler to fill the holes and then some. I’m far from expert in this, as can be seen above, so my usual method is to apply great wodges of the stuff where I need it, and sand it off later. Accordingly I made a lumpy mess all over the roof and ignored the project for a day. And then put it off a bit longer.
Eventually I got myself into gear...
This removed at least half of the carefully applied filler, but it also made the roof a vaguely roof like shape, and left it at almost the right shape so I quit before doing irreparable damage. I can hide any slightly mismatched joins eith the colour change from sides to roof.
It has to be said, “finescale” is not a word that can be applied to my style of model making, and neither is “Subtle”, but it seems to work.
Punkawallah
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I work on the ‘3’ Rule’. If it looks OK from 3’, It’s good enough :-)
GLC1956
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- Michigan USA
Outstanding scratch building
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Andy in Germany
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I work on that principle. Turning the lights off helps as well.
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Andy in Germany
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Starting the next project.
This is loosely based on the Robin Hood Hotel photos posted here by @EltonFrog; it will look somewhat different because the original would be huge and an awkward shape:
Notice use of filler to hide inability to cut and file straight. Next stage is finishing the detail...
This is loosely based on the Robin Hood Hotel photos posted here by @EltonFrog; it will look somewhat different because the original would be huge and an awkward shape:
Notice use of filler to hide inability to cut and file straight. Next stage is finishing the detail...
classic33
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Try not to do the cut in one go. Make two passes with the blade drawn slowly.
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
I think @Andy in Germany has already built something similar...
Seem to recall a monowheel build on Scrapheap Challenge
Seem to recall a monowheel build on Scrapheap Challenge
GLC1956
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- Michigan USA
Nice work, watching these come together
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Andy in Germany
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Indeed, with steam power...
I like the one @classic33 posted though, especially the annotation "Steering and control wheel not used in high speeds"...
classic33
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You'll have noticed that the same part is also the only brake shown on the machine.
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Andy in Germany
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I generally cut three times on 1mm thick card. The problem here was trying to sand a 45° chamfer and overdoing it on the end.
Ironically the whole point of that exercise was to avoid using filler if possible, so that's a lesson learned for next time...