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Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:40 pm
by J. S. Bach
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:58 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Body frame assembled...
End siding applied....little more roof shaping, light sanding to be done.....
Corner installed......1/4 round inside and angle....
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:47 pm
by healey36
Wow, is this old school for a trolley kit? Reminds me of the solid-wood airplane kits from the WWII era The Old Man and his brother built when they were teens. The wood rasp was your friend on those too.
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:42 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
healey36 wrote:Wow, is this old school for a trolley kit?
Not really been much in the way of new kits produced for trolley / traction freight cars in the last 30-40 years. I produced a flat car; new All-Nation has produced a flat car and a gondola, and other parts. I'm hoping that All-Nation 3D prints that clerestory roof fully shaped. I've asked Labelle to scale up their line of HO trolley / traction freight cars but apparently that's going nowhere fast.
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 8:52 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Getting the sides on now.....
Lead bricks are useful!
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 8:15 pm
by Jim K
Looking good!
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:40 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Jim K wrote:Looking good!
Thanks! Needs doors now; in a day or 3,
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:44 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Doors and more added to each side:
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:09 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Roof ready for painting......
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:24 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Brake end done; other end is done, too....
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:07 am
by robert.
What did you use to cover the roof?
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:14 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
robert. wrote:What did you use to cover the roof?
Overlapping strips of single ply napkins (Panera,
) - put down with diluted Titebond.
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:45 am
by robert.
did you have the maple pecan bear claw?
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:59 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
Re: From the Firefly Shops.........
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:27 pm
by healey36
I had to go back to the beginning to see that this is going to be a trailer. Very sharp work indeed.