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I built this car to be part of the excursion train I'm working on. You may notice the baggage doors are not what came with the kit. I was missing several pieces and made the baggage doors, the smokestack, one of the queen posts, and one of the end platforms using brass stock.
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 3:38:31 PM
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| nicely done barry,the whole train looks brilliant,ken
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 9:24:17 PM
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Looking at the platforms, I can't tell which is original and which is yours. That indicates some real skill in accurately reproducing parts. Good work, and looking at the train, good end result!
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 10:08:33 PM
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 Very nicely done, Barry. I can see how much time and effort you put into this sweet piece.  
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 10:30:07 PM
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Barry, your work shows a patina of believability - if that makes sense. Very hard to capture.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 10:58:02 AM
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| Thanks for the positive strokes folks. Don, I didn't take any photos of making that end platform and I should have. If you recall what those look like, I took a flat piece of like 3/32 (I forget the specific measurements presently) for the basic shape and then used maybe a 3/64 piece to cut a few shapes that would bring it up to size (e.g., like the cast one with the "routed" out places; whatever the thicknesses were required to match the casting. First was getting all the holes drilled in the right spot; I clamped the original piece to the brass copy. The separate pieces of the platform were superglued together. If this makes any sense. Then just a bunch of filing. The key seemed to be clamping the two pieces together. I initially did a photocopy of the part, but that leaves room for erroneous interpretation of the location of the holes; clamping the two together made for more accuracy. And those little queen posts . . . it was actually OK to cut one out of thin brass sheet if the brass is clamped to prevent vibration while trying to use the jewelers saw.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 1:08:58 PM
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Yes, I can see how clamping the pieces together would make for a closer duplicate. Clearly, it worked. As for the jeweler's saw, I'm going to have to try one of those, sometime. Seeing what you accomplish with one makes me think it's got to be a very handy tool once you learn how best to use it.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 3:39:20 PM
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Really beautiful work, and your figures just complete the scene.
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