Kit bash AMB ACL Depot

[postalkarl]

Hi guys:

This is true of most paint. It can vary in color from batch to batch.

Karl

[jerryrbeach]

Tom,
Looks great thus far, I'll be following along.

[jimmillho]

Obviously Thom you didn't see the last Depot Tom L. put heat to.

That wasn't from baking.......that was from Slim's LEDS

Jim

[jimmillho]

I will also be watching along with Greg...............at least until it goes up in flames 

Jim

[ACL1504]

Question,
                   I noticed you said you need to let this freshly painted kit cure for a few days.  can't you just bake it dry like the engines you do for an hour or two.  It seems you could get building that much quicker-no?              New to modeling in America.

Thom,

You are a funny guy. No oven baking on this model.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Obviously Thom you didn't see the last Depot Tom L. put heat to.

Raymo,

I think Slim has improved his LEDs since that caper occurred. Not my fault.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom,

I have had the same problem with Floquil and Polyscale paint in that the paint color will very from another bottle supposedly of the same color.

Steve and Karl,

Yea, through the years I've notice the big differences in the reds, blues, greens and browns.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,
Looks great thus far, I'll be following along.

Jerry,

Thanks, much appreciated. I'll have an update tomorrow afternoon.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I will also be watching along with Greg...............at least until it goes up in flames 

Jim

Jim,

I should be safe on this one. I'm going to use some China LEDs just to be sure.


Tom

[MAP]

I've got my fire extinguisher at the ready Tom!  Don't want to cut this build short on some faulty wiring.  Do you have a permit to build this structure from your town hall?

[ACL1504]

I've got my fire extinguisher at the ready Tom!  Don't want to cut this build short on some faulty wiring.  Do you have a permit to build this structure from your town hall?

Mark,

I appreciate you having it ready, hopefully, I won't need it this time.

The Tahope Town Council Building Department will let anything get build as long as the price is paid. After all, they let a fireworks factory open next to a gas station.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I spent most of late yesterday afternoon and today working on the walls for the ACL kit bash.

AMB kits have many many parts. As an example, the end wall section with the freight door has 12 parts and the end with the door and window has 14 pieces.



More in a few. I just realized I haven't had a Diet Pepsi for almost 4 hours. Must be some kind of record.


No wonder I'm a little off.

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[ACL1504]

Grazie, I'm much better now.

The station has two interior wall sections with a very small portion of each that serves as the outer walls for the bay window.




More in a few.

[ACL1504]

This next section was a bit tricksie. I mentioned I wanted this station to be about 45 HO scale feet in length. In order to make the station look symmetrical, I found it necessary to extend it to 51 HO scale feet.

What's 6 HO scale feet amoung friends, right?

The section shown below is of the back of the station and will face the isle and visitors. Where the cut line is shown on the left and to right end is 51 HO scale feet.




The entire wall section above is just pieced together for the purpose of showing you what I did to cut it down.

I first trimmed/cut off the upper portion of the wall.




More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I then cut the green trim and lower wall section off.



I then used a razor saw to cut the base off.




I then glued all the pieces together. The photo above is of the rear station wall with all the parts glued in place.

Continue in a few.