Unusual Carriage Profiles in Plasticard - Help Please!

[FPH 603]

Hi all,

 

I am soon going to build a 600/700 Class Railmotor out of plasticard, however I've found they have a very difficult and complex profile. I've attempted a 660/760 and a country 620/720, although the profiling was all wrong on them. I've posted the end elevations from the 620/720 blueprints (a very similar successor to the 600/700 class), for clarity.

 

 

The main issue I'm having is transitioning the bodyside profile with that of the front end. Anyone who has experience with plasticard or anyone with alternatives and/or other options to help rectify the problem, could they please give any advice, even if it's 'It's impossible, don't bother using plasticard!' Thanks to all that help.

 

EDIT: Title spelling error...

Edited December 26, 2017 by DoubleDeckInterurban

[chris p bacon]

If you look at Clive Mortimers thread (Sheffield....something...maybe junction ? ok I'll come back to you with that one) then you'll see he's a dab hand at producing emus and locomotives from plasticard, the main thing is to build up a box with laminations on the curves and to then file away the excess.

[FPH 603]

Thanks. I believe that thread's called DMU conversions for Sheffield Exchange, something like that.

Edited December 26, 2017 by DoubleDeckInterurban

[chris p bacon]

Yes, I've just looked it up.

 

Clive's been producing models out of plasticard for quite some time and he's very good at it.

[timbowilts]

There is a very useful method shown on Bill Bedford’s mousa models wbsite. I have it saved in the ibooks section of my ipad but can’t seem to be able to attach a copy for you

 

Tim T

[FPH 603]

Thanks, do you know what the document is called? I can then search the website to see if I can find it there.

[timbowilts]

It’s listed under Universal Instruction Sheets, imaginatively titled “How to build roofs”

[Clive Mortimore]

Yes, I've just looked it up.

 

Clive's been producing models out of plasticard for quite some time and he's very good at it.

Like me, they look good on radio.

[chris p bacon]

Like me, they look good on radio.

 

You don't know how tempted I was to click 'Agree'. 

[hayfield]

If you look at Clive Mortimers thread (Sheffield....something...maybe junction ? ok I'll come back to you with that one) then you'll see he's a dab hand at producing emus and locomotives from plasticard, the main thing is to build up a box with laminations on the curves and to then file away the excess.

 

The late Alistair (Rolfe ?) of Nonosence kits advised me to make roofs for the ex-MTK railcar this way, planks of 40 thou thick 10 mm wide plastic strip. Allow the solvent to totally dry out, then sand. 

 

Sides I guess would be totally different, plenty of threads on building up layers of thin plasticard especially those  using those card cutting machines (which could actually be your best option)