Building a (small) fleet of Mount Blue Boxcars

[Pennman]

Ron,

I'm just getting around to enjoying other threads.
You have a knack of leaving nothing to the imagination.
I also like building cars, but mine are scratchbuilt ones.

I hope your wife is feeling better.

And Happy Belated Birthday to you.

Rich

[Larry C]

Ron great job on the boxcar construction. I really like outside bracer boxcars and yours should be a winner.

[Rick]

Ron, the cars are coming together nicely.
I like that guide the manufacture included for placing the braces.

[elwoodblues]

Great update Ron your work is very neat for sure.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry.

[elwoodblues]

Ron,

I'm just getting around to enjoying other threads.
You have a knack of leaving nothing to the imagination.
I also like building cars, but mine are scratchbuilt ones.

I hope your wife is feeling better.

And Happy Belated Birthday to you.

Rich

Rich,

Thanks for the birthday wishes and the Mrs is feeling better.

Just doing a "step-by-step" so that id someone else tries to build these kits they will have something to refer to.

[elwoodblues]

Ron great job on the boxcar construction. I really like outside bracer boxcars and yours should be a winner.

Thanks Larry,

Actually the braces are on the inside of the car.  Might have to model one of the cars with a door open so the interior can be seen.

[elwoodblues]

Ron, the cars are coming together nicely.
I like that guide the manufacture included for placing the braces.

Thanks Rick,

The guide serves two purposes, 1 - location for the studs and 2 - support/base for the wainscoting.

[elwoodblues]

Managed some more time at the bench and got the car ends completed. 




The ends are made by sandwiching three layers together.
     - The outer sheathing
     - Middle filler piece
     - Inner sheathing





Because I had 8 ends to make I felt this was a great opportunity to make a jig to keep all the pieces in place during the assembly process.





Step 1 - Slide the outer sheathing into the jig.  This slides into a slot at the bottom of the jig.





The outer sheathing slid into place.





Step 2 - glue the filler piece to the outer sheathing.  The jig insures that these is an equal space at each side of the ends. 

[elwoodblues]

Step 3 - Glue the inner sheathing to the filler piece.





The completed car end removed from the jig.

Next up the car assemblies begin.

Thanks for looking in.

[Larry C]

Ron great idea using a jig to keep everything the same sizes.

[Rick]

Ron, good use of a jig.

These kits look well designed and have excellent detail.
Are they still being made?

[Jerry]

Ron very smart using the jig.

Jerry