A Ride on the Fox River Line

My friend Eric Bronsky, Mr. Electropickle Productions,  has made a video of his ride on the Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric 304 operating on "home" rails.

The motorman is Joe Hazinski who has graciously allowed me to use his drawing for building the model of AEFRE #49.

http://youtu.be/3FAl1W4pAMk

An interesting modeler's note about the Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric 304 seen in the video. After the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit received the Fox Valley cars, the vents on the roofs were changed. Very careful inspection of photos will show the differences in the rood vents.

When modeling the cars as they were on the Fox Valley Electric, the vents available from Precision Scale Models #5322 are correct. If modeling the cars as they were for the Shaker Heights or Speedrail, the vents available from Q-Car Company CS155 are correct.

In the meantime, besides the work of upgrading the electrical parts of my layout, some problems with the electric switch machines have cropped up. It's easy to fix but time consuming. My plan is to have everything taken finished by the end of next week.

Then it's back to building the #49.

Cheers,
Ed

Current Line Models Power Trucks and More

Ed Miller, the owner of Current Line Models (CLM), contacted me about my comments regarding CLM power truck dimensions. Ed Miller stated, "They have not changed in over 50 years. The LL truck that Wagner produced was 1 1/16 high. the CLL is the same.


"If you look at the lower bolster on the older CLL truck you will see that Rick (Wagner) built up the casting to support the round can motor. The upper brass bolster is the same one as the bolster on the older LL trucks with the open frame motors. Only difference is the LL truck had the mounting plate riveted on and the CLL has the screw and spacer. The was done because if someone used a screw that was too long it would foul the motor. After a few repairs Rich went to the rivet.


"The CLL trucks I make with the Johnson motors use the lower bolster from the older open frame motors so they work out to the same height. What I can do on trucks with a 6' 6" WB or larger is use the smaller 64 pitch gearbox and shave the rear of the motor a little and drop the motor below the rear axle a little and get the top of the brass bolster down to a little below 7/8".


"The pictures of the CSL X car have this and the truck is completely under floor. Only thing that shows on the top is the head of the 2-56 flat head screw which I hid with some detail parts that I glue on top of it with some hot glue so if the truck has to be removed they can be removed."


To demonstrate what Ed is talking about, below is a page from the “Wagner Car Company, Truck Book No. 6”. The CLL power truck is in the middle with a photo to the right.

Current Line Models, Wagner Car Company, Truck Book No. 6, page 3

The pictures of the CSL X car Ed mentions are these. The model is a CSL crane. Most of the CSL service cars were numbered in the “X” series. It is a beautiful model.

The other item of interest is my taking out time to up-grade the electrical system of my layout. For about a year 2 of the turnout motors has not worked correctly and some switch lamps were out of order. Also, more storage space is required to display models.

Work has been under way for the past 2 weeks to prepare smaller “control panels”. About 1/3 of the work of installing them has been completed. Four small “control panels” will replace the large control “panel”.

In the opened up space either my small streetcar test track can be placed or a tiered display unit installed.

Originally my layout was designed and built with the idea of operating either 2-rail models OR trolleys with both rails grounded. A number of small electrical gremlins kept popping up. With the electrical up-grade only trolleys will be operated. The layout is an interurban layout without street running.


The other change is the use of real interurban or rapid transit controllers to operate the models. Many years ago both a CA&E and CRT controllers were wired-up for 12-18 volt operation. They will be used instead of a power pack.


To see the layout in operation visit Eric Bronsky’s Electropickle Productions U-Tube videos at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3mcdEVqp-c  OR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan9RDcJzF0

The electrocution of the pickle was to make Eric an honest man!

Cheers,
Ed
Old chemistry teachers never die, they just fail to react!

AEFRE 49 #3 – Getting Ready to Build the Model

Before getting into starting the model, The dimensions of Current Line Models' power truck is unknown to me. Therefore, the Q-Car Company power and trail trucks were chosen. Current Line Models should publish the dimensions of his power trucks. 

There are a number of items to get ready to be able to build the model. This includes photos, books, and whatever primary information you can. Primary being 1^st person accounts or professional literature of the prototype. If not, then secondary information can be used. Secondary being 2^nd hand accounts such as modeling articles. More weight has to be given to primary information.

Primary information includes (not in any particular order of importance):

·         Photos

·         C.E.R.A. Bulletin 104 “The Great Third Rail”

·         “Aurora-Elgin Area Street Cars & Interurbans, Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric Company Volume 2” by Hopkins Stolp Peffers

·         The Story of the Chicago Aurora & Elgin Railroad 2 – History

Secondary information includes: 

·         “AE&C flat motor No. 49”, Railroad Model Craftsmen June 1996, written by James Tangney

Besides the 2 photos in a prior post here is another photo which may be of interest. This is a photo of the #49 when it was painted orange.

In orange paint John Cloos Collection

Always try to get 8” x 10” prints of photos. However, sometimes enlarging a photo to a print this size will cause the details to blur. If this happens then smaller prints need to be made. If needed use a magnifying glass to examine your prints no matter the size.

The employees at the local Walgreens must think I’m nuts with the large photos, then small photos, and then, large again of the same subject. Each print being a close up of one special section of the prototype.

After the photos comes the plans. Whatever plans you have, print out to scale size. In making the scale size print, you probably used only 1 dimension to scale out the printing. Not to say there is anything wrong with the plan, but check as many of the other dimensions on the scale copy of the drawing as possible. Sometimes drawings are not as correct as they should be. Things happen during the printing process.

Also, if you make photocopies of scale drawings, always check them out. Some photocopiers reduced the copy by a small amount.

There needs to be some corrections made to my corrections of Joseph Hazinski’s drawings. After checking Peffers’s book, #49 had only 1 controller installed along one side of the locomotive.  On page 95 under the “Miscellaneous” section is, “Only 1 Side Control”. This meant the single controller was installed closer to one side of the cab. The locomotive could only be operated from that side. Along with the controller would be the brake valve and probably an air gauge.

The controller was probably installed next to the open window seen in the photos. Installing the controller along the center line of the cab would make the controller too hard to reach with the operator at the window.

Switching with #49 was probably done with a meager crew - the motorman and 1 man on the ground to direct the motorman during switching operations. It was imperative for the motorman to see this individual for hand signals. The motorman had to be at the side of the locomotive almost all the time.

With the control location being next to the open window may be the reason so many photos were taken of this side of #49 and not the other. There is no telling about the windows on the other side of the locomotive. Unless a photo of the other side is found, I’d make both sides the same.

In the photo supplied above, no whistle can be see in the end of the cab. This probably means #49 had only 1 whistle and not 2 during the orange era of the locomotive. I'm making the red era and I'll stick with 1 whistle.

Another fact apparent from the photo is the center 2 side windows are recessed into the car "1 layer" more than the 2 outer windows. "One layer" only means for the model maker, in back of the current layer. It’s impossible to tell exactly how deep the center 2 windows are from the front of the side windows.

After looking at an 8 x 10 close up of the windows in the red painted version of 49, what had looked like a rebuilding (my red circle on Joe’s drawing) of the center 2 windows is a small gutter with a short drain pipe to the right. The lack of rain gutters on the roof had puzzled me. The rain gutter on the side would explain their absence.

In comparing the photos of the red version versus the orange version of #49, there are a number of differences between the two. Seeing I will be building the red version, having someone build the orange version will be an interesting comparison. More than the removal of the snow plow equipment took place during the rebuilding and painting to red..

I’ve starred at 8 x 10 photos using a magnifying lens for many hours. As the model of the #49 is built some of the other details or lack of details will be pointed out. The #49 is an interesting prototype to be modeled.

I personally knew Don Idarius, who took most of the photos we have of #49. Unfortunately Don died about 10 years ago. To see if there are more photos of #49 available I’ve contacted his son, Kevin. Unfortunately, his father's negatives are not available for viewing. However, I'm still looking for additional photos. There are more leads to track down.

Don was very active in the C.E.R.A. and went on many, if not all, of the fan trips sponsored by the organization. Don could have ridden on #49 during the fan trips. He would probably know more about #49 than any of us could gather from photos and written material in books.

Don was also an accomplished, well known O scale modeler. He was always challenging other modelers to build trolley models. Thanks to Don I built a model of the Chicago West Towns #12, a cab-on-flat locomotive much like the #49. Don gave me a copy of his notes and plan of #12.

My model is powered with the older Northwest Short Lines Magic Carpets. The CWT #12 had 2 controllers, with one installed at each end of the central, thin cab. Some of the brake and electrical gear was installed under the car. This could be done due to the length of the #12. To pull standard railroad cars, a chain would “woven” over the RR’s car’s coupler and attached to the #12.

Another cab-on-flat scratch built by me is CRT S-301 boom car. Photos and a partial plan were supplied by Bruce Moffat. With the aid of my son, using photos we were able to figure out the size of lumber used for the boom. It took awhile, but the workings of the boom were finally figured out.

My model is powered with the same power truck style to be used in building the #49. As you can see the S-301 had the cab at one end of the car with a central controller and windows all around. The cab doors were pocket doors common on the CRT passenger cars. Unless it was the dead of winter the open cab doors were the best means to see the railway ahead. The S-301 had 2 air compressors on the deck due to lack of space under the car were all of the other brake and electrical gear were placed. Interesting, obscure items are the air powered wenches to lift the arm of the boom and material to be lifted by the boom itself.

I don’t consider myself to be an expert on building cab-on-flat models. However, I’ve had some practice. It’s hard to compare one prototype cab-on-flat locomotive to another. Each is individually designed for a particular purpose taking into account what the loco is to be used for plus the environment in which it will be used. At the same time local, state, and federal rules, regulations, and laws have to be obeyed.

Building a model of #49 is one of those where you will need a little of this and a little of that.  So you don’t have to purchase an entire amount of something, network with your fellow modelers for some of the styrene and brass to be used. Connecting with 1 or 2 of the scratch builders in your area will go a long way. For unusual and obscure parts, I’ll mention the vendor of the item(s).

A parts list is not available. I’m building the model and writing the posts as I go along. The exact parts will not be known until the model is built. Writing the posts as the model is being built means things may seem a little erratic.

Cheers,
Ed

AEFRE 49 #2B – Ordering the Power & Trail Trucks

Q-Car power and trail trucks were chosen because I knew the power truck would fit completely under the flat car portion of the locomotive. The exact dimensions of the Q-Car Low Profile power truck are shown below.

Here is part of the page from Q-Car’s web site describing the Low Profile power truck. A correction to dimension “C” needs to be made. The shortest wheel base this power truck can be made is 6’6” and not 6’. I had tried to get a 6’ Low Profile power truck made. It could not be done. This is the 3^rdreason for picking a 6’6” wheel base side frame.

Q-Car Company Photo

Dimension “A” is the most important to building an under the deck power truck. This is the power truck I ordered. It has some important features to explain. The description of the power truck is: Power Truck w/Trailer Built Backwards with Flat Plate Bolster; Gear Ratio 24:1; Q-Car Type MT10LP; Motor Type Mashima 1628 Flat Can; Truck Type Kemtron Conversion; Wheelbase 78”; Wheel Diameter 33”

Built Backwards – The power truck is to be installed with the motor facing the end of the model. The gear box will face the center. This will provide clearance for the draft gear.

Flat Plate Bolster – A flat strip of brass will be mounted to the top of the power truck instead of the usual 2-56 screw with soft metal body bolster. The flat strip of brass is the body bolster. The screw holding the brass strip is soldered to the truck bolster. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THIS SCREW! 

Gear Ratio 24:1 – This is the slowest gear which can be mounted in this power truck.

MT10LP – This is a Low Profile design power truck.

Truck Type Kemtron Conversion – The old Kemtron, now PSC, sideframes were used to make the power truck.

Wheel Diameter 33” – The prototype had 33” wheels.

This is what the Q-Cars power truck looked like after I did some alterations. It came with the holes drilled and taped 1-72 in the “flat plate”body bolster. More on them later.

When I got my trucks the following alterations were made. The end pieces of brass were removed and replaced with 1/16” “L” shaped brass. I find these do not bend as easily as the flat piece of brass. Because of the“L” shape they are easy to install.

Before these end pieces were replaced the ends of side frames facing the ends of the model were shortened. There is just enough clearence for the flange on the wheels. This provided more clearance for the draft gear and the end foot boards on the model. File all joints smooth but do not remove all the solder.

Also notice the added small pieces of brass which help the change in side frames look more like the Peckham 30. A drop of solder helps to hold the added pieces in place. The brass side frame is more durable than the soft metal with pieces of styrene added.

If you carefully examine the photo of #49 you should notice something attached to the truck frames towards the inner part of the locomotive. I wanted to add more detail to my model. PSC #5342 Underbody Detail Kit was purchased. The #5345 Brake Hanger castings were added to the trucks. The balance of the castings in the Underbody Detail Kit will be used to finish the model.

PSC Catalogue Drawing

Here is a photo of the trail truck modifications and ready for installation. Note the modifications from left to right:

• The end of the frame filed shorter with the "L" shaped piece of brass soldered on.
• The addition of Q-Car CS 190 Dummy Traction Motor added for weight and to balance the weight of the powered truck.
• A 0.005" think piece of brass shim. More on this later.
• Another Dummy Motor Casting added for the same reason.
• The PSC #5345 Brake Hanger casting.
• The new journal lids can also be seen.

Finally, the power truck was tested. It looks like the red wire coming from the motor is the ground. There are small spaces in the truck bolster into which the wires can be woven. Do this so the wires do not have to be attached to the truck itself with thread.

The red wire was soldered to the cross frame piece for the ground. This soldering can be done with a 15 w iron.

A word of caution – no matter what the side frames are made of, dropping a power or trail truck does not help the geometry of the truck. Twisting the truck back into shape can help, but sometimes the truck has to be disassembled – parts unsoldered and screws loosened to get the truck level on the track.

When you get your power truck, open and inspect the gear box for grease. Adding rubbing compound and then allowing the truck to run for 1-2 hours will help to lap the gears. Of the total time, run the power truck in one direction ½ of the time and in the other direction the other ½ of the time. After doing this completely clean out the gear box with lacquer thinner and replace the grease with Labelle’s106 plastic compatible grease. Oil all points where the axle ends are in the side frames with plastic compatible oil.

Now we’re ready to build the flat car part of the model.

Cheers,
Ed

AEFRE 49 #2A – Which Came 1st, the Chicken or the Egg?

Modeling Notes: All soldering was done with a 60 watt hot iron and not a soldering gun.

A hot 60 watt soldering iron beats a cool; soon to be warm, soldering gun any day just like 4 aces beats a full house.

When the soldering part of making a model comes up, always keep a small bowl of cool water handy. You can never tell if you will need it for the model or your fingers!

CAUTION: Needless to say wear safety glasses at all times when constructing a model. If you do not have a pair obtain a set. Become accustom to wearing  safety glasses.

I wear eye glasses for various corrections needed for my vision. The frames are oversize and the "corrective lenses" are made from the same material CD's and DVD's are made from - polycarbonate.  They are average safety glasses.

There are a number of construction steps where something is being done which can be hazardous to your eyes. You may not always be aware of the hazard.

Which did come 1^st, the chicken or the egg?

The answer is simple, the power and trail trucks were obtain before the model was started. #49 had trucks with Peckham 30 side frames which have a 6’ wheel base.

The only available Peckham side frame is made by Current Line Models. It is a Peckham 40 having a 6’8” wheelbase.

Current Line Models Photo

The additional 8” will cause problems on the model with the coupler draft gear, the foot boards on the end of the model, and the locations of the underbody equipment. Seeing the prototype is short, 30’, trying to “jockey” the truck centers would only lead to other problems.

I chose to use Precision Scale Models (PSC) Baldwin MCB 7830 side frames. I know the PSC frames are 78", only 3" shorter than the Peckham 40. However there are some things I plan on doing to "take care of that."

PSC Catalogue Photo

These are lost wax castings which come in a kit and must be assembled. They are more expensive but will give a better looking set of trucks.

There are 3 reasons for picking the PSC side frames. 1^st, working with brass is easier for me than soft metal. It is far easier to solder small pieces to alter the side frame members. The 2^nd reason is to have a power truck which will fit completely under the decking of the flat car portion of the model. The 3^rd reason will come up shortly.

If you decide to use the PSC trucks, purchase #9105 the kit without wheels. Also, try to obtain a newer (made after 2005 or so) kit. The reason is how good the castings are plus their condition.

I’ve used many PSC Baldwin trucks under my models over the past 10-15 years. When 1^st starting to use them, the castings were sometimes bent-up and had a big sprue attached. Getting the base side frame straight took some work. The inner and outer equalizer pieces required a lot of cleaning. Recently the PSC truck kit appeared better looking. The base side frame was straight with little or no sprue to cut off. Less time was required to file and clean up the parts.

Once the parts are cleaned, straightened, and tested for fit; the holes for the axles have to be drilled with a twist drill of about a 0.100” diameter. How far in to drill is up to you. Since new journal lids were to be used, my hole went all the way through the journal. If you are not using new journal lids, the hole needs to be only about 0.100” deep.

I found making a jig to hold the outer equalizer with the journals level made the hole drilling process easier. Pieces of bass wood of the correct dimensions were glued to a block of wood. The side frame member with the journals was held in my hand on the jig while the journals were drilled out.

If you have dull twist drills, the brass will become hot. My recommendation is to buy a new twist drill and use a small amount of oil.

  

Assemble the 3 pieces for each side. Attach a dab of silver solder (6% silver) to the back equalizer where the front journal casting goes through this equalizer. After soldering, both equalizer parts should still move over the inner base side frame.

Instead of the PSC provided springs, Des Plains Hobbies O Scale America OSA957 – Truck Springs were used. This completes the side frames unless you have decided to add new journal lids.

Here are the 3 pieces which make up each side frame plus a package of the Des Plains Hobbies springs.

PSC has old style journal lids which look far better looking available separately. Order #5340. Eight come in a package - enough for a pair of trucks. They are small parts which you will probably have to hold in your fingers to clean up the castings. Therefore, order 2 packages just in case one of them is lost during cleaning.

The prototype 49 had "star" journal lids.  Unfortunately the correct lost wax star journal lids are no longer available. I had some and used them on this model.

If you are adding new journal lids, remove the truck springs and file off the old journal lid. Clean up the new journal lids and sweat solder a coating of solder onto their back. Place flux on the journals where the new lids are to be soldered. Place the journal lids in place one at a time, then place a drop of solder next to where the new journal lids touches the journal. The solder will flow into place. Remove the soldiering iron and allow the side frame to cool. Replace the springs.

The side frames are ready to be sent off to make the power and trail trucks. Include the truck bolsters and end cross pieces with the side frames. Whether you chose to use Current Line Models or Q-Car Company power and trail trucks, be sure to talk with the vendors about your needs.

Cheers,

Ed

AEFRE 49 #1 – Introduction

The Aurora Elgin Fox River Electric Railway #49

This model is being built in honor of John Cloos. For those who don't know John, he was the owner of the Interurbans of the Fox Valley blog listed under “My Blog List” to the right. The last posting of the Interurbans of the Fox Valley was months ago when John died. When you have a chance look through John's blog.

I first met John a few years ago at a model train show where he had a display relating to both the Chicago Aurora and Elgin and the Aurora Elgin Fox River Electric trolley lines. His models were interesting and he often displayed them in dioramas. The dioramas were much like the photos seen in books relating to the CA&E or the AEFRE.

John modeled in HO, O, and 1/2" scales. Most of his scratch built models were made from styrene. Besides model making, John was active in other activities related to model railroading. He would often display his dioramas at non-model events. John would receive positive comments from those who attended the events. Individuals would approach John telling him of the photos or other items they had related to the trolley lines of the Fox River Valley. Because of this John was able to collect a large number of memorabilia related to the AEFRE.

About 3 years ago John, in e-mails, asked if the color of a trolley car could be determined from a black-and-white photo. I told him this would be almost impossible to do. Over the years different film and processes had been used to develop black-and-white film and print pictures. The processes used sometimes caused light painted items to be printed dark and vice versa.

John sent me a picture of the trolley car he was interested in. The photo turned out to be the Aurora Elgin Fox River Electric # 49 cab-on-flat locomotive. This is the model to be built in these posts when the loco was painted red.

In red paint John Cloos Collection

I had known #49 to have been painted at one time orange and then a red. The orange color had been used at least until September 2, 1940 when the Central Electric Rail Fans Association had had an inspection trip of the line.

In orange paint John Cloos Collection

#49 was painted red sometime after this date according to information printed in books. My best guess is the red was a dark red also called barn red(?). Caboose red would be too light of a shade of red to use. There are many shades of boxcar red. Perhaps a good shade of red could be obtained from mixing boxcar red and caboose red.

There was an article printed in the June 1996 issue of Railroad Model Craftsmen. In the article written by James Tangney are HO scale drawings of #49. The article will not appear in this blog. You can still obtain this issue of RMC on your own.

In the RMC article, the model is shown with 1 trolley pole. If you compare the photos of #49, you should notice there are 2 trolley poles. In any photo I’ve seen of #49, it always had 2 trolley poles. The author of the HO scale model article probably used only one trolley pole due to the lack of space on the roof of his model. As it is, the prototype locomotive had 2 different trolley pole bases – 4 spring horizontal and Ohio Brass Form I (also known as springs backward) trolley bases due to the lack of space.

Joseph Hazinski has offered his redrawn plans of #49 for use in this blog. His drawings are of #49 in its later (1932-1946) years. With Joe’s permission, his drawings have been used with "corrections" by me to reflect the locomotive as shown in the photo with red paint. Changes will be shown in red ink. The major changes will be the removal of the snow removal equipment and the use of 2 trolley poles.

I am very thankful of Joe's permission to use his drawings. It saved me many hours of making drawings. Plus, my drawings would not have been as good as his!

Here are the 2 sides -

Here is a top down view.

This is a end and bottom up look at the locomotive. Notice the snowplow equipment has been scratched out.

The AEFRE #49 was built at an unknown date by the AE&C. The Aurora Elgin and Chicago R.R. was in existence from 1901 to 1922 when it became the Chicago Aurora and Elgin R.R. #49 was probably built in the Wheaton shops. It had Peckham 30 trucks with 4 GE 67 motors and 2 GE K35C controllers. The locomotive was 30’ 0” long and 8’ 0” wide.

The Peckham 30 trucks had originally been installed on the 1st passenger cars the AE&C had. These trucks did not work out well for high speed passenger service and were soon replaced. The building of 49 turned out to be a good use for the Peckham trucks.

In looking at the photos of #49, the construction methods used were very simple. The locomotive is a flat car with a wooden structure built on it. The wooden structure was built using early construction methods. For example, the windows are of a drop sash construction.

It seem like all of the photos of #49 are taken from one side, the west side of the locomotive. The probable reason for this is the location of the railway itself in close proximity to the Fox River. Trying to get photos of the east side of #49 would mean standing very close to the river bank if not in the River itself.

Information and maps about the AEFRE can be found in C.E.R.A. Bulletin 105 The Great Third Rail. After abandonment of passenger service on the AEFRE, the freight service continued for many years.

As a freight only railway, the AEFRE was a side of the road operation about 3.3 miles long moving 2 to 3 freight cars at one time. At the north end were the Elgin State Hospital and Kerber Packing Co. At the south end was the interchange with the Illinois Central.

Elgin State Hospital received coal hoppers with coal for heat and the removal of ash. Kerber Packing Co. required packing material and box cars for packaged products to be taken to market.

The AEFRE still exists today as the Fox Valley Trolley Museum http://www.foxtrolley.org/  Unfortunately the 49 no longer exists. But you can ride some of the same trolleys which are riding on their home rails in the Fox Valley.


The model made in this blog will be #49 as it was in its final years - painted red without snow removal equipment. This makes an easy model to make requiring average skills.

One item I tell individuals who ask about scratch building and/or upgrading a model is to get a very good photo of the car you desire to build. This you have in the photo above. Make an 8 x 10 print. Then starting in one corner of the prototype car start going over the photo and write down the parts and unusual things you see. This will become your parts list and a sort of "punch list" of things to include in the model.

The hardest skill required, depending upon what the modeler wishes to do for power and trail trucks, includes soldering brass. The cab and outer parts of the frame will be made from styrene. Styrene flexes. Therefore, an inner frame needs to be made from brass soldered together. There will be some other parts made from brass soldered together - the roof boards and the headlight holders. Many small parts will be commerically available brass castings.

#49 would have been used during daylight hours. There will also be no lighting in the cab or headlights. MV lenses will be used in the headlight castings. This simplifies the wiring of the model.

In scratch building models, you'll discover, I'm not one for the exact model with every nut and bolt as you'll find in magazines about building a scale model of XX. I make as many errors as the next guy. When starting a new model, for me, sometimes it's same learning curve as the prior model. 

A question comes up when 1st starting the model. It will be answered in the next post.

Cheers,
Ed

"One a Day" Car Building continued

Before showing the balance of the pages of Les Torrens's booklet, not all models lend themselves to the double sash techniques demonstrated by Bill Hoffman. However, if you are building models of wooden cars, the majority of them can be built using Bill's techniques.

With the use of "rivet decals" from Archer Transfers http://www.archertransfers.com/ , Bill's techniques can be used to build models with rivets.

On the last page of the booklet Bill's method of transferring measurements from car plans to a "design template" or "measuring stick". Since Bill had to be able to travel "light", instead of carrying around paper plans for the model he was building, he would transfer parts of the car's plan to a stick of wood.

Here are the balance of the pages of the booklet. The final page of the booklet is 13.

Cheers,
Ed