Old Ambroid/NESL coach kit

[Philip]

  I didn't realize they had all those nice details. Great website!

[jbvb]

Here's the one I finished.  IIRC I cut the oval with a hobby knife and filed the shape smooth.  It also shows how I dealt with a roof warp while keeping it removable in case I wanted to add an interior later.  Screw was 4-40, nut epoxied in place. A screw/nut at each end, opposite the toilet block.

[deemery]

I'm using Bob Parrish's approach to assemble the long scribed siding strips:  https://www.labellemodels.com/manuals/Scribed%20Siding.pdf



I'll go back and glue the pairs together tomorrow, after the glue dries overnight tonight. 

Also, I put a light coat of sanding sealer over the sub-sides.  Since this is old wood, I'm sure this will help the wood take paint.  The second photo shows how I'm weighting the sides, leaving the gaps for the belt rail sticking up, while the sealer dries.




Same thing for the car sub-sides, I'll probably spraypaint the red trim color.  (Car sides will be yellow oxide with red trim.)

dave

[deemery]

I sprayed the subwall the trim color (Vallejo Model Air Fire Engine Red).  You can see a mock-up of the wood pieces that will go on top of that, which will be painted the car body color (Yellow Oxide).


I'm matching this car, which is a resin Silver Crash Colorado Midland prototype car.


I assembled the two sets of scribed wood car siding that go beneath the belt rail.  Tomorrow I'll untape those, check them out, and sand to fit.  

dave

[Jerry]

Dave it looks great so far.

Jerry

[Bernd]

Looking good Dave. I've got several Labella kits. One is of the Hall Scott motor car. Even have the spring drive trucks and motor kit. Going to have dig those out someday.

Bernd

[KentuckySouthern]

  What an interesting, complex, to me, project! 

[deemery]

Besides painting the sub-sides, I put sanding sealer on the molding that goes between the windows (that will be painted the car color), the side pieces with the oval cut-outs, and the fascia boards.  The latter gets painted the trim color.  I also drilled the railing holes in the 2 end castings.  Those are now soaking in a weak vinegar solution, to etch a bit before I paint them.  

Tomorrow I should be able to work on the car scribed siding pieces, sanding, test-fitting, and painting those.  

dave