good enough. The 0.020-inch thick- ness matches the depth of the cast side windows. The end windows have a greater recess. They need a 0.010 fill- er behind the scribed sheet blank. I framed the windows with Ever-
green styrene strip: Above and be- side is 0.010 x 0.030; below is 0.010 x 0.040. For the sill, I used 0.010 x 0.020 on edge atop the 0.010 x 0.040 apron. Window frames are 0.010 x 0.100 on the inside walls spaced with a 0.015 reveal. Bachmann windows aren’t quite all the same size. I found it best to cut the strip pieces a bit over size and then trim in place. It is handy to have the hole in the roof to work from both top and bottom. With the window work done, I glued
the roof in place with interior braces. When the bracing glue had set, I filled the roof cracks with putty and put the body aside to cure. I now turned my attention to the
chassis. I unplugged the metal hand- rails and inserted short pieces of 0.030 styrene rod to fill their mounting holes. I secured this with solvent cement, and then trimmed it flush. These plugs al- lowed drilling of smaller holes for new end details. I removed the weights and their mounting posts. The floor is now smooth and provided a solid working surface. The square blocks inboard of the steps are removed to allow later application of facing to continue the siding. I removed the molded-on coupler
pocket to mount Kadee No. 711 cou- plers. The coupler mounting used a 00-90 tapped No. 60 hole, and the coupler pocket screw was ¼-inch flat head. It recessed nicely into the cou- pler pocket for an unobtrusive appear- ance. A test with the coupler gauge showed that the couplers were far too low. Insufficient material remained if the platform floor was thinned to bring the couplers to proper height. Chang- ing out the wheels to ReBoxx 36-inch wheelsets made the couplers higher, but still not high enough. In the area of the coupler pocket, 0.030-inches of the underside of the platform floor needed to be removed. I did this by scribing perimeter guide lines and then carved out the unwant- ed plastic. Filing provides a smooth
finish. The couplers were now at the correct height, and sufficient platform material remained to support them. Bachmann had cast low relief
brake detail under the chassis. I hid this with a piece of No. 2040 scribed sheet. There were cutouts for the wheels. I used a pair of 0.060 x 0.080 styrene strips glued between the cou- pler pockets to represent the center sill. I attached 0.040 x 0.040 styrene strip stringers between the center sill and the sideframes, which extended
under the end platforms. I began modeling brake details with
a train line made of Detail Associates 0.022 brass wire glued to the floor. I then added Tichy No. 3005 KC brakes with the combination cylinder glued to a stringer. A branch pipe went through a hole in the floor next to the train line and up to the valve. Tichy 18-inch grab irons support the brake levers. The brake lever connecting rod is De- tail Associates 0.010 brass wire, and there the brake modeling stopped.
R. Kenneth Henry photograph, Balti more Chapter of the NRHS, Inc. collecti on.
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