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Flying Banana - Part III

-missy-

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Hello :)

 

Things are still moving forward on the railcar. I have now been concentrating on the roof and this is how far I have got. Let me know if you are getting bored yet!

 

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I firstly laminated some black plasticard onto the brass roof profile I previously made. In this case it was 5 layers of 0.5mm thick sheet. The reason was because it was easier to get the sheet to fit the profile at the ends with thinner sheet.

 

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I left the roof overnight so the plastic had time to set after glueing then formed the roof profile using a collection of scrapers and emery paper. The picture above shows what an end looks like before I formed them.

 

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The final two photos show an end after I formed it again with scrapers and emery paper. The final touches were done with 400 grit just folded over itself a couple of times then lightly rubbed over the area. This worked wonders with smoothing off all the edges and rounding everything off.

 

So thats how far I have got now...

 

Missy :)

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Pugsley

It looks like Elvis in the second picture :D :D :D

 

Great stuff, as always and such beautifully neat work B) B)

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-missy-
It looks like Elvis in the second picture :D :D :D

 

Great stuff, as always and such beautifully neat work B) B)

 

Hello Pugsley :)

 

OMG you are so right!! That is so going to stick now!!!

 

Thank you though.

 

Missy :)

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2mm Andy

Bored? - never! It's always interesting (and inspiring) to read about progress on your models, Missysmile.gif

 

Good to see 'Elvis' has been given a crew cut in the last two picturestongue.gif

 

Andy

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Hi Missy,

 

Excellent work. Capturing the profile just right.

 

Oh, go on then!

 

On with the Elvis links:

 

ELIVIS as entered the building!!!!!!

 

That must be the '68' Come Back Tour with cape and scarf.

 

Look forward to the next installment.

 

Cheers.

 

Mark

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Donw
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I think there is magic in your fingers. Keep the postings going.

Donw

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bcnPete
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Am sure I just saw this banana down our chip shop ;)

 

Fantastic work missy - I admire your perseverance too - If I had attempted it, this banana would have been flying across the room to the bin a long time ago.

 

Looking forward to Part IV...

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devondynosoar118

"Only fools rush in" to this kind of work, but we "can't help falling in love" with the wierd looks of this railmotor. Can't wait for it to "run on" the "green green grass of home" at Highclere...

Certainly " Got my mojo workin"

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Steven B
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Impressive work as ever.

 

Will it use a scratch built chassis or are you going to 2FS the Farish GWR railcar chassis?

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-missy-

Hi Guys :)

 

Thanks for all the comments and Elvis quotes too! Fantastic stuff :D

 

Impressive work as ever.

 

Will it use a scratch built chassis or are you going to 2FS the Farish GWR railcar chassis?

 

Hi Steven :)

 

I would love to scratchbuild a chassis for a diesel sometime but for this one I am planning on using a TOMIX chassis (TM-06 18m one as Bernard has mentioned previously) and re-wheel it. They are cheap(ish) all wheel drive and pickup plus have flywheel drive.

 

Missy :)

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