Nicely done Carl

yes I couldn't find a 1/32 scale boxcar anywhere. The Jupiter is really Guage 1 rather than G scale.I am almost finished with the wagon and then I will move on to the caboose.

I will use the Bachmman G scale Caboose I bought for the base of my caboose, but replace the whole top portion with a scratchbuilt frame that is accurately scaled to 1/32.I will do some drawings again so feel free to copy them if you want to make your own caboose.

Once the wagon is finished I will be painting it.I have almost finished painting so I can also start assembling the train and tender over the next couple of weeks.I wont be able to do any painting next week because my spraybooth is in my basement which is having asbestos abatement done.


I bought some nice cedar for the trestle, but it needs to be cut down to size because it is scaled for a g scale train.

Looks like I will probably just make it to be fi9nished by the end of the year at this rate.

OK time to add the detail parts to the boxcar.This included the door and door hardware.I still need to add window bars and the ladders at each end ,but I will do those after painting.So now its off to the spraybooth and we will pick up on the boxcar for the roof assembly and wheels after painting of the body.

We will start by assembling the front truck and the wheels for the tender.I overdrilled to hole for half of the wheels so I could paint them first and then slip on the wheel after the axles was threaded through the chassis.I filled the center of the wheels where the axles went through because the gold stars did not cover the space and it bothered my obsessive compulsive mind to see the brass axle.

I bent the wheel guards and painted them and then applied them once the wheels were in place.The final step was to add the gold stars to the center of the wheels.

Moving on to the sand dome and light.These needed to have transfers applied.

OCCRE provides a sheet of transfers for all the fancy parts of the train.I am really not sure what they are.They look like decals, but are applied backwards onto the surface.

If you really hate someone then I would recommend sending them some of these transfers and asking them to apply them.They are a NIGHTMARE to deal with.They could easily be considered a form of torture.

You cut them out and then apply water to the backing film and hope (usually in vain) that they release from the backing paper onto the model surface.As they get wet they get really slippery and it is virtually impossible to see if they are lined up properly.So you end up cautiously removing the backing paper and hoping you can gently poke them into the right position.Of course once they finally release from the backing paper they stick to the model like glue and are very difficult to move.I ended up soaking them with water and lifting the decal off completely onto my finger and repositioning it.Most of the time they decided they would rather stick to my finger than the model and when I did coax them back onto the model they folded and I had to start over.

So here are the results of my efforts so far with the transfers on the light and the sand dome.I am dreading applying them onto the tender and cab.

Well done with those decals darby they look brill

Rgd Martyn

Hi looking very nice indeed.superb workmanship. Cheers mick.

Told you they where a nightmare. There are a lot of decals on this model some of which have not survived my attempts to put on my model of the Jupiter. That is why I have opted to use brass rods to make my own decals. The smaller one I have still to attach to the tender (next job honest).

I am at present bending,painting the Wheel arches, got a nice curve on them with no kinks. I am still using plumbing parts "borrowed" from my son as formers and they seem to do the job. I use 15mm 22mm and 28mm parts which gives me a wide variety of options for the size of curve I need

One thing you might be able to help me with.The wheel arches have brass curves attached to the edges. I am not sure looking at the pictures/instructions whether they are attached to the top, the edge or the underside of the arch ?? What are your thoughts

Gil

The cab exterior is just about finished.I just have to apply the metal detail parts and then work on the interior.
The ridiculous decals fought me again so I gave up on them and used pinstriping tape.I will coat the exterior with some clear coating (probably future floor polish).

Hi looking great there.very neat and tidy work.well done cheers mick.