7mm On Heather's Workbench - one final time, with feeling

[Heather Kay]

I thought the rules said, we have to leave every model for a year before painting?

I think that only counts for personal builds. Paying customers tend to be a bit more pushy!

 

[Heather Kay]

Fighting the urge to pack this all away in its box and ship it back to the client…

I don't believe the underframe/floor in this kit is the correct one for this particular diagram. According to references, the dynamo sits under the compartment side. A quick mock-up of the body parts shows the corridor will be on the wrong side in relation to the underframe.

I think the simplest expedient here will be to drill new bolt holes in the floor so the body sits correctly in regard to the underframe.

Oh, joy.

 

[Heather Kay]

Hang on. I turn my back for a moment and bolt holes in the floor are the right side after all?

I’ll put that down to a glitch in the Matrix.

….

'Ang on‽ no. I was right earlier.

If anyone wants me, I’ll be in the corner over there, sobbing quietly.

 

[Mike W]

Heather, you are in good company. Its hard working on a model upside down! and the number of people who put wagon brake pushrods on the wrong way round, so the lever pulls the brakes off - I've even done it myself ... twice!

Mike

 

[paulc]

Hang on. I turn my back for a moment and bolt holes in the floor are the right side after all?

I’ll put that down to a glitch in the Matrix.

….

'Ang on‽ no. I was right earlier.

If anyone wants me, I’ll be in the corner over there, sobbing quietly.

Stop turning it upside down or is it downside up , maybe left to right .

 

[ceejaydee]

I am now beginning to understand the orientation of your avatar Heather

 

[Mike W]

Heather, I know that once you've seen it you will always see it, but others won't. A large manufacturer introduced some superb RTR carriages recently. Several officials and experts, including me, looked over the samples and they really are stunning. But now that they are announced I see that on one the underframe is on backwards. They probably don't know and probably nobody else knows, but every time I see a picture of that model ... oh! In short, even if it is wrong I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
Mike

 

[simond]

Heather, you are in good company. Its hard working on a model upside down! and the number of people who put wagon brake pushrods on the wrong way round, so the lever pulls the brakes off - I've even done it myself ... twice!

Mike

you'd never catch me doing that

(if I spot it before I post it...)

 

[Heather Kay]

every time I see a picture of that model ... oh!

To be fair, the GWR was pretty ambidextrous about the orientation of under parts. It can even vary between adjacent diagrams. If I’d built just as it came, I doubt the client would’ve noticed, let alone care!

 

[LarryG]

Standardisation with GWR locos parts. Not GWR coaching stock though. They were too time-consuming to build for clients, but I do build them for meself where time isn't an issue. I have to take each one as an individual because V-hangers are all over the place, left-right. back-to-front. So much for my own standardised etched chassis!

Oh the joys of modelling.

 

[Heather Kay]

Nothing much done today, for reasons.



The instructions, obviously from an earlier version of these kits since I’ve never seen toilet compartment details before, imply slots moulded in the floor to accept internals. No such luck.



I’ve had to tape sides and ends together and test fit the insides with the aid of the seats. The end/WC partitions are formed by the end seat mouldings.



With things precariously positioned - insufficient quantity of hands again - I marked locations with a pencil. I’ll lift off the body and firm up locations with some measurements. The plan is to glue suitable styrene strip in place to locate the internals properly.

 

[Dog Star]

We bought our first JLTRT GWR Toplight kit circa 2012.... and there were no toilet fittings then.

 

[Heather Kay]

I must admit, my inner detail freak loves the idea, but even with lighting the pan and sink would be invisible under normal circumstances. At least with a guard's compartment there’s a window you can see through!

 

[simond]

The loo is a perfect place to hide a capacitor for the lighting…

 

[paulc]

The loo is a perfect place to hide a capacitor for the lighting…

It would certainly light your eyes up .

 

[Tim Hale]

Thank you, Heather

Tim

 

[Heather Kay]

I was trying to work out how to adapt the lovely CPL telltale castings so they fitted properly on the end of the coach.



Billy-puss thought he would help, as cats do. I don’t mind, but (a) he's in the way, and (b) his tail is strong enough to sweep little bits all over the bench!

 

[paulc]

Dogs on the other hand will join you on the floor to look for the things thay you have swept onto it with your arm .
They have no idea what to look for but it's a good game and it usually ends up with them standing on the part that you're looking for .

 

[Heather Kay]

Well, that’s done.



The gangways are scissor affairs, so I didn’t need to get into the weeds trying to fit suspension brackets as well. The passcom gear has been well and truly mauled about, but it’s close enough to look about right from three feet away.

 

[paulc]

Well, that’s done.

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The gangways are scissor affairs, so I didn’t need to get into the weeds trying to fit suspension brackets as well. The passcom gear has been well and truly mauled about, but it’s close enough to look about right from three feet away.

Nice job , i always wondered where all those bit went on a coach .