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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 20, 2015 6:13:29 GMT -8
  insert code hereWell, I'm started. The removal of the walk and hatches was a major undertaking, abount 7 hours. You have to drill and nip to remove them. Then you have two halves. I cut the top of the ends and glued then in place for strength and keep things lined up. I also glued styrene strips in the opening from underneath. The body fits into the bottom tightly, that helps align the parts. To fill the top I thought of the IM grain hopper top. The hopper loading hatch spacing was dead on, but it was to high and when centered was 10" short on each end. Well I set about reducing the height by flat sanding the bottom. I layed a strip of 220 grit wet or dry on the bathroom sink table and went to work. Several hours later it was done. You have to stop and check the fit very often. The 10" gap was no problem to fill. I largely completed one end. I'll do the ends in brass and splice and dice the diamond walk. Bobby |
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Post by TBird1958 on Jul 20, 2015 10:52:55 GMT -8
Looks great so far Bobby!
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 20, 2015 13:52:37 GMT -8
Thanks Mark. I reshaped one end and it makes a big difference from the side view. The original is not close. More photos soon.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by mrsocal on Jul 20, 2015 15:34:03 GMT -8
Oh Boy.... I'm gonna go make some buttered popcorn and sit back to enjoy this! Thanks Bobby.
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Post by atsfan on Jul 20, 2015 16:19:21 GMT -8
Any booze involved in this 7 hours?
I could not make it that long!
Keep us posted please.
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 20, 2015 17:27:21 GMT -8
Thanks Scotty.
atsfan, I don't drink, so I guess that's out. I've always said, I wish I had as much patients with people as I do with stuff.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by atsfan on Jul 20, 2015 17:52:44 GMT -8
Thanks Scotty. atsfan, I don't drink, so I guess that's out. I've always said, I wish I had as much patients with people as I do with stuff. Regards, Bobby Well god bless you man. Keep up the good work.; |
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 20, 2015 18:12:22 GMT -8
He has! He gave me a wonderful wife 47 years ago.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by drolsen on Jul 20, 2015 19:05:30 GMT -8
Off to a great start, Bobby! I'm not really familiar with the prototype, so I'm really looking forward to seeing where this goes. We still gotta work on your full size photos to do your projects justice! Essentially what I'm doing here is opening your thumbnails, and then copying the direct address for those photos so I can paste them here (surrounded by the "img" HTML brackets):    Dave |
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Post by theengineshed on Jul 21, 2015 2:49:45 GMT -8
Nice work Bobby, you really don't waste anytime going at a project!
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Post by riogrande on Jul 21, 2015 3:17:38 GMT -8
Just goes to show you! Great work. Can't wait to see more.
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 21, 2015 4:53:09 GMT -8
Thank you David. I need to learn how to do the photos, but at 71I'm a slow learner.
Engineshed and Jim, I thank you both.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by Spikre on Jul 21, 2015 10:52:19 GMT -8
 Bobby, how about a pic of a complete car out of the box ? it seems that Bachman may have actually done a decent Re-Tool on these cars ? recall that the original had the loading hatches molded on to the roof. maybe You should also find an original to use as comparison car as You go along with this build. will be waiting to see Your progress ! Spikre 
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 21, 2015 12:58:27 GMT -8
Spikre, I was hoping the old run had a seperate walk and hatches, but no such luck.I have the new run, so both are the same.The ends from the side view are way off. I finished them and removing the hopper gates a few mins. ago. I had to cut them to shape. I cut the first one, then made a template from thick paper to do the others.
I'm going to do a end to end photo with the original and modified ends. I cut out the middle part of the inside of the ends and rebuilt them. In doing so, I removed the large braces. I hope to add photos today or early tomorrow.
Thanks, Bobby
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 21, 2015 17:19:32 GMT -8
You can see the big difference in the shape of the ends. I had to rebuild the end bulk heads due to the new shape of the ends. The clunky gates were removed because they were clunky.lol. Dave if you will, make them big, thanks.
Thanks for looking
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Post by drolsen on Jul 22, 2015 3:55:07 GMT -8
Looking good, Bobby! I know from experience that it's a lot of work carving off all those molded details, but it's always rewarding to see a model reduced to a basic form and ready to begin the detailing process. Dave    |
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Post by gtws00 on Jul 22, 2015 4:08:17 GMT -8
Bobby, Great job as usual. I look forward to your postings.
George Toman
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 22, 2015 7:36:49 GMT -8
Thank you Dave, I really appreciate it.
George, thanks. More to come.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by TBird1958 on Jul 22, 2015 8:04:44 GMT -8
It amazing what attention to detail does for that sow's ear, great work Bobby!
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 22, 2015 11:12:55 GMT -8
Thank you Mark. It is a challenge, that's for sure.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by Spikre on Jul 22, 2015 11:25:24 GMT -8
 Bobby, the End Braces seem to be as heavy as the Originals were. so looks like no Re-Tooling on them. Spikre
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 22, 2015 14:19:06 GMT -8
Bobby, the End Braces seem to be as heavy as the Originals were. so looks like no Re-Tooling on them. Spikre All they did was add better couplers and metal wheels. Bobby |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Jul 22, 2015 14:33:49 GMT -8
OK. OK. I give up. Everyone knows on sight but me/I.
WHAT is the prototype?
Ed
(revealing just a small small part of his ignorance)
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 22, 2015 14:45:22 GMT -8
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Post by tankcarsrule on Jul 31, 2015 14:53:50 GMT -8
I added the radius, gussets and bolsters to the body. You can see the difference if you compare the before and after photos. The bolsters were cut off a IM cylindrical hopper. Thanks, Bobby   |
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Post by Spikre on Aug 1, 2015 7:51:34 GMT -8
 Bobby, you can always use the remains of the Donor IMRC car as a flat car load,or a pushed out of the way wreck along the tracks. coming along nicely so far ! Spikre 
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Post by tankcarsrule on Aug 1, 2015 17:11:56 GMT -8
Thanks Spikre. I didn't like the way the radius and gussets turned out, so I started over. I have my Plano and Sergeants on order, so I'll really dig in when they and my disc with 40 detail photos arrives.
Regards, Bobby
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Post by tankcarsrule on Aug 9, 2015 9:53:14 GMT -8
I added the end ribs, bolster caps, roof ridge, redid the radius and gussets, and added trucks and sergeant couplers. I have the 40 detail photos, so now I can watch my brain explode as I try to add all the details. Regards   , Bobby |
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Post by roadkill on Aug 9, 2015 17:38:23 GMT -8
Bloody amazing what you're doing with that steaming pile!
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Post by tankcarsrule on Aug 9, 2015 18:00:25 GMT -8
Thank you Roger. It is a dud out of the box, that's for sure!
Regards, Bobby
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