Hi there guys, been away for a while and in the meantime I've completed a few projects, some of you that visit other forums may already know it but for the other's here goes:
A few month's ago I started a small 1 foot layout to enter a challenge on another forum. I wanted a small loco to be the motive power, the scale I'm using (O9) is not common so there aren't many comercial choices available, in any case I like challenges so I decided to scratchbuild my little critter.
I was inspired by some of the products by Sidelines (GN15). I decided to use styrene as the main material and I'm loving working with it. I'll be using some brass for the details. I needed a suitable donor for the chassis, since I'm using 9 mm gauge the choice was obvious, the n scale bachman diesel switcher, I already have one and think it's a reliable option for power. As for design/planning I used my favourite vectorial program, Corel Draw.
First of all I designed a chassis that would fit the bachman switcher, it's strong and it fit's "tight" so there's no need for screws to attach it, as a side note I'll be using the chassis backwards so that the biggest part of it will be concealed in the front of the critter:
I used a clear styrene sheet on top of the plans so that everything would be on the right place, since I'll be painting on top of it it doesn't matter that it's clear, here you can see the sideframes construction, one of them is already on place:
I never worked with so small parts, in the beggining I almost conceded and quited but I decided to try just one of the sideframes and got happy with the results and done the rest, this sideframe measures 2 inch long and 0,4 inch tall. Everything was made out of styrene sheet, except the nbw's wich are from tichy:
Finally, a closer picture of the sideframe on place:
A few month's ago I started a small 1 foot layout to enter a challenge on another forum. I wanted a small loco to be the motive power, the scale I'm using (O9) is not common so there aren't many comercial choices available, in any case I like challenges so I decided to scratchbuild my little critter.
I was inspired by some of the products by Sidelines (GN15). I decided to use styrene as the main material and I'm loving working with it. I'll be using some brass for the details. I needed a suitable donor for the chassis, since I'm using 9 mm gauge the choice was obvious, the n scale bachman diesel switcher, I already have one and think it's a reliable option for power. As for design/planning I used my favourite vectorial program, Corel Draw.
First of all I designed a chassis that would fit the bachman switcher, it's strong and it fit's "tight" so there's no need for screws to attach it, as a side note I'll be using the chassis backwards so that the biggest part of it will be concealed in the front of the critter:
I used a clear styrene sheet on top of the plans so that everything would be on the right place, since I'll be painting on top of it it doesn't matter that it's clear, here you can see the sideframes construction, one of them is already on place:
I never worked with so small parts, in the beggining I almost conceded and quited but I decided to try just one of the sideframes and got happy with the results and done the rest, this sideframe measures 2 inch long and 0,4 inch tall. Everything was made out of styrene sheet, except the nbw's wich are from tichy:
Finally, a closer picture of the sideframe on place:
fine work.
