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Strike plate is sheet styrene, diaphragm is folded black constuction paper. Ken is still working in there. http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1185 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 06/02/2012 :  3:01:23 PM     I know it does not look like much but this is a whole day's work, the start of the clerestory. I had to decide what I wanted to do to build it, figure out how to do it, make the pattern, and cut the two main sides from sheet styrene. It should go much faster now. Bob http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1185 Ensign Fireman Posted - 06/02/2012 :  3:21:05 PM   Does not look like much! Are you kidding me Bob!(For a change) That looks like some pretty fancy cutting there. Long before the laser cutter was invented, there was Sgt.Bob. And by the looks of it, Sgt.Bob the amazing human styrene cutter STILL RULES!!! I also see by the looks of that very nice paper diaphragm, that you are an expert at Origami too! Greg Shinnie Country: Canada | Posts: 3723 Ray Dunakin Crew Chief Posted - 06/02/2012 :  10:56:20 PM     That clerestory must be really tedious! Nice job on the diaphragm. Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad! Country: USA | Posts: 827 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 06/03/2012 :  07:28:05 AM     Greg and Ray, thanks. I have never folded a diaphragm before but looking through some old Model Railroader magazines, every time there is an article about building or detailing passenger cars, they use the same drawing on folding one, over and over again. It does not look like it would work but I scaled it up to 1/24 and tried it and By Golly Miss Molly, it works!! http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1185 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 06/03/2012 :  12:21:13 PM     Here's the clerestory as it stands right now, on and off the car. I have to let that glue set overnight so it's real hard so I can clean it up and sand everything smooth. There will be another sheet covering the top flat section added later, the space between that and the present roof will contain two brass rods to act as bus bars for the hanging ceiling lights. http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1185 Ensign Fireman Posted - 06/03/2012 :  1:14:13 PM   Very nice Bob! Your making it all look so easy. But I know better, you can't fool me. Greg Shinnie Country: Canada | Posts: 3723 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 06/04/2012 :  3:07:18 PM     Not much today. I broke a tooth and spent the better part of the day in the dentist's office. I did cut two sections from large diameter styrene tube and cemented them in place as the sides of the main roof. I know I have a lot of work to do yet but just that changes the whole look of the car. Cheers, Bob http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1185 Ensign Fireman Posted - 06/04/2012 :  3:16:37 PM   Sorry to read about your tooth Bob. Hey! Has your Dentist seen the cool dentist office that you made? I was wondering how you were going to do the curved parts of this roof. And it looks really great! Greg Shinnie Edited by - Ensign on 06/04/2012 3:17:46 PM Country: Canada | Posts: 3723 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 06/04/2012 :  4:15:16 PM     Greg, As a matter of fact he had not seen the actual 1/24 scale model of his dentist office but when it was completed I took a whole bunch of photos in for him. He was delighted. Here's a better shot showing the ends of the roof sections. I still have to fill in the outermost curves and sand to shape the ends of the clerestory but sections of tube made easy work of the main roofs. Note that the pull down berths fit up into that section of the roof. Of course some puttywork will have to be done too. http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1185 Ray Dunakin Crew Chief Posted - 06/04/2012 :  10:10:44 PM     The car's looking good! Sorry to hear about that tooth, hope it's feeling better. Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad! Country: USA | Posts: 827 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 06/05/2012 :  4:20:19 PM     My next job is to smooth in all the roof ends to make them nice and pretty, however, before I do that I had to closed the roof top. Before I did that I had to complete the wiring for the overhead hanging lights. It's hard to tell but the lights are on inthis photo. The next two shots are not very good, I shouldn't have taken the photos in total darkness, but I had to see what they would look like. This is the underside of the roof. When it comes time to do the painting the perimeter beams and the cross beams will be painted brown to match the pannelling. Those four hanging lights are 1/2 scale dollhouse items and with the trucks and figures they represent the only items that I bought, not made from scratch, for this project. I could have just used any kind of bulbs but I kind of liked them. http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1185 Ensign Fireman Posted - 06/05/2012 :  6:25:27 PM   Hi Bob,it looks like the lightbulbs are screwed into little sockets,is that correct? And where are the brass rods to carry electricity that you spoke of earlier? Everything is looking just brilliant! Greg Shinnie Country: Canada | Posts: 3723 Dutchman Administrator Premium Member Posted - 06/05/2012 :  7:48:42 PM   Bob, My wife and I have been traveling quite a bit, so I have fallen behind in many threads. Your latest project is looking great. The variety of subjects that you choose to model is impressive. Bruce Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 Country: USA | Posts: 23235 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 06/06/2012 :  06:58:03 AM     Bruce, Thanks for your nice comments, much appreciated. Greg, they are small brass hanging lights with white shades. The bulbs actually push in rather than screw in. I'll try to get a photo for you. The brass bus bars and all the wiring is hidden between two layers of sheet styrene that form the main roof of the clerestory. There is a small pigtail that comes down from the end of the roof and plugs into a socket atop the ice box in the kitchen area. That way I can unplug it and work on the roof alone. 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