It seems ages since I posted anything on the LNER Observation Car. To be honest I have not been in the mood and been diverted doing other things, not model related.
Going back a few months Tim Watson cheekily asked if I was prepared to produce another print but to 2mm scale. Well, if you don't ask, you don't get and the challenge rather appealed so a print was produced and sent to him. He then asked how I intended to do the end observation window? Good question. To cut a long story short he made me an offer I could not refuse, if I 3D printed some patterns he would ask a friend of his to vac form me some.
So some while back these arrived:
Yesterday I finally drummed up the enthusiasm to give them a go.
Here one is roughly cut out and still needs final trimming/sanding:
I have seen online references to dipping clear items in Klear to make them nice and shiney. Seamed like a good idea so the final trimmed items were dunked in some clear and put aside to dry.
OK problem. There is no obvious way to hold the mouldings whilst the Klear dries and with the shallow angle the windows had when put aside ended up forming a skin on the visible part of the window. I think I managed to wash this off with water and tried again. This time I propped the moulding against each other to dry which was more successful:
How to fix them to the model? I had tucked away a new bottle of Deluxe Glue 'n' Glaze. On opening it the nozzle was blocked with dried product that I had to dig out with a scriber before I was able to use it. Glue was applied around the window apertures and the glazing positioned. Well I ended up getting the glue on my fingers and the glazing wanted to stick to me rather than the model. In the end I finally got them in place. I decided to run the product around the glazing to fill any gaps and ended up in an even bigger mess. In the end I took the windows out and ran everything under water to attempt a clean up.
Worryingly I now have smear marks on the glazing that rather ruins the parts:
I may be being impatient and it might be that the clouding disappears in time but I am not filled with confidence. So the question is what to use next? I should have been warned off of the Glue 'n' Glaze as I could find very little in the way of reviews/videos for it.
Might give Microsol Micro Krystal Klear ago next. Any ideas?