Make a 55n3 Gondola

[hminky]

I have a web article about building a 55n3 gondola at:

http://www.55n3.org/cars/convert_gondola/

Thank you if you visit
Harold

 

[UP2CSX]

Harold, that was a good tutorial on how to convert the flatcar body. I like the method of slicing down the middle rather than trying to take the extra scale foot off the sides. One question. You used MEK to join the two sides and then used the wood block and weight to keep the deck flat until it dried. Did you have any problem with the wood block getting stuck to the flat car deck, considering how much MEK you used?

 

[hminky]

It peeled off leaving a red mark.

Harold

 

[hminky]

Our Beta Bachmann On30 passenger car conversion as a work in progress:

The initial cuts removing the small windows, fresh from the motor tool.

Harold