02-04-2010, 07:22 PM
I stopped by the hobby shop on my way home, picked up some small files so I could finish up the roof. I also bought several small drill bits of various sizes so I can do the grabs and stirrups. I happened to have broken my last one last night doing the brake rigging.
I finished up the roofwork and it's ready for paint. The roof conversion isn't exactly museum quality, but hey, this is a $2 Like-Like junker, and I already have over 10 hours in this! Besides, a heavy coat of paint oughta cover the imperfections nicely.
Then I put another layer of black wash on the floorboards, and painted the weights black.
I test fit the couplers and trucks, needed the Kadee red washers to get the coupler height right. For mods like this, I like the Atlas trucks, because they are sized to exactly fit a 2-56 screw.
Then painted the trucks and coupler boxes.
I finished up the roofwork and it's ready for paint. The roof conversion isn't exactly museum quality, but hey, this is a $2 Like-Like junker, and I already have over 10 hours in this! Besides, a heavy coat of paint oughta cover the imperfections nicely.
Then I put another layer of black wash on the floorboards, and painted the weights black.
I test fit the couplers and trucks, needed the Kadee red washers to get the coupler height right. For mods like this, I like the Atlas trucks, because they are sized to exactly fit a 2-56 screw.
Then painted the trucks and coupler boxes.
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