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I've done a bit more of the detailing, my luck held with the headcode box alterations. I managed a second time to scribe the face and then remove it from the cutter, first marking the position of the cutting mat by sticking a bit of masking tape to the mat alongside one of the rollers, it was then just a matter of re-entering it using the tape as a guide, spot on! I've added some handrails, grab rails, buffer beam steps etc. I used 0.45mm brass wire for the rails, fixed with superglue into 0.6mm holes. One little problem I encountered with this was, unlike plastic the card raises up around the drill bit when you drill it, in other words it doesn't cut cleanly and so I have had to sand the mounds back with a minute piece of wet and dry, very annoying when the paint has been done. I'd considered fitting the rails before the paint job but decided against it as I didn't know just how many coats it would take to secure a decent finish, too many might have swallowed up the hand rails.
In the second picture you can just make out the buffer beam steps, these were another Shawplan etch,they are very very delicate, not long in this world I think.
With regard to the use of kleer to stiffen up the cardboard, as an experiment I thoroughly wetted a strip of 0.45mm card with it and let it dry, it didn't seem any stiffer than before. I also used kleer to stick two bits together, clamping them together overnight, again it was no good as an adhesive. Perhaps if it was soaked for longer it might absorb more liquid.
more later
Roly
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