"18th century coach MKII" Topic
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| Pauls Bods | 27 Mar 2015 5:06 a.m. PST |
They get to be fun to build..and easier as you go along
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| War In 15MM | 27 Mar 2015 6:44 a.m. PST |
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| Jcfrog | 27 Mar 2015 8:17 a.m. PST |
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bracken  | 27 Mar 2015 11:02 a.m. PST |
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| MajorB | 27 Mar 2015 12:24 p.m. PST |
That's splendid! How do you make the curved springs? |
| Pauls Bods | 28 Mar 2015 2:07 a.m. PST |
Thanks :-D
@ MajorB. Thick Card. Cut into strips, then short pieces bent over a marker pen tube (to give them all the same curvature)and then cut to the same lengths. Then two were laid side by side to form the spring and a dab of PVA added each end. When that had dried I dripped a bit of Revell liquid glue along the sides. It soaks in and "plastified" the Card a bit which gave it more strength.
The 3/4 springs at the back took a bit longer, more shaping to get them looking right, but still made from Card. Basically they are "oversprung" and get Held in the final shape under a Thing called a "dumb iron/Spring pin", on the model, a short length of wire coming out of the back of the cab, not clear in the pre-paint pic (IŽll make more pics for the next one) I used this This Diagramm to get the Basic design ideas (I ignored the mess of Suspension under the Drivers seat).
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begins to think about terrain for Team Yankee.