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compartments, 3 - and corridor rails


zarniwhoop

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*very* grumpy now - prepared text for this post, went to attach photos, and lost it.

 

For some reason, Hornby didn't print the corridor rails. microstrip 20 thou by 10 thou seems the right size, painted silver. I had thought I could hold this in place with bluetack, then use styrene cement. Unfortunately, although the piece to the left of the door (on corridor side) looks ok, the rail came away with the bluetack between the windows, and on the other side of the door it came away completely and smeared some paint and styrene adhesive onto the glass. For once, a close-up view in real life looks worse than the photo, this bodyshell might have to be orientated so that the compartment side is viewed!

 

Second time, I put in two pieces of 20 thou styrene to hold the rail - the end by the door is just floating because there isn't room for a spacer (tried, but it was visible at an angle from either side of the door). Worryingly, to me the rail on the right looks good, but the rail with spacers looks too far back.

 

When I get to the other end of the unit (and for subsequent units), I think I'll have to make a sacrifice to "her noodliness" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster ).

 

The body is only refitted temporarily, I've got more work to do on the ends, the roof, and the footboards, as well as in the cab and adding a driver and some passengers. Like most of my projects, this will take a long time.

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