Evan's workbench

I'll keep that one in mind, thanks Paul. I've got a couple of old US timber coaches to try out a couple of methods on before tackling at least three full rakes of these 12 wheel cars

 

Thanks Gary, and that is the Southern Highlands Express behind the 38.

Now if only we could find a colour photo of a C38 hauling a full rake of varnished 72'6" cars

 

Ready to run NSW outline varnished stock? Now that would be something for the books!

 

A few hours of work and this:


Becomes this:


I'll worry about the door frame tomorrow...

 

It beats scratchbuilding two of these doors for the CAM, followed by another eight for TAMs, four for additional CAMs, eight for TFXs, four for a TBC and four for dining car AB90....

And this is just for the three consists I'm building presently!

 

Yes, I'll be 3D printing them, Paul. Either that or using the print as a master for casting them. Still a bit more work do be done on the CAD file first though

 

There was also a few done in the early 2000s. I'm working off measuring up 12" to the ft survivors, as well as scaling off period photographs for details which have long since vanished in the rebuilding of the cars throughout the years

On another note, here's the finished CAD model

 

Thanks Chris, but I'm just an amateur who knows how to use a tape measure and input dimensions