Nick Dunhill's Workbench - BR STD 3 from a Scorpio kit.
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Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
Some have sloping fronts as well just to make them a bit harder.
Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
I have been moving the cab along this week. It was only a 3 day week as I had family commitments.
I assumed that Standard cabs were simple, as the pipework is out of doors. Well I was wrong.
I made a fair bit of interior and decided I couldn't carry on without a roof. Of course all the dimensions of the cab had been changed, so I didn't waste any time trying to salvage etches for the roof.
I ended up cutting and forming three roof panels before I was satisfied. I cut one that was too short to span the roof, and kinked another forming it. The third was fine. I drew round the square section of the cab front and cut out a rib to get the roof panel into the correct shape in the middle, then adjusted the side parts over the diagonal areas of the cab front. When I was happy with the cab front I drew round the profile (before cutting away for the diagonal areas) and made a rib for the rear of the cab sides. I then made a rib for the rear extension of the roof. Next I cut out the front diagonal areas to match the cab front, and added all the ribs on the underside of the roof.
I added the rain strips from 0.5 mm rod and riveted strip and made a roof vent.
Standard roofs are a bit tricky to make.
I spent the rest of the working week adding more cab detail. I found better castings for the reverser mechanism, so will exchange those next week.
I have just got the gauges, AWS gear, window glass and main handrail to fit. Then the cab will need grafting onto the footplate and the whole assembly mounting onto the chassis. Easy!
This job is becoming quite a marathon. There is just about enough in the kit to give a shakey foundation but there's a lot of scratchbuilding done and a lot more to come.
I assumed that Standard cabs were simple, as the pipework is out of doors. Well I was wrong.
I made a fair bit of interior and decided I couldn't carry on without a roof. Of course all the dimensions of the cab had been changed, so I didn't waste any time trying to salvage etches for the roof.
I ended up cutting and forming three roof panels before I was satisfied. I cut one that was too short to span the roof, and kinked another forming it. The third was fine. I drew round the square section of the cab front and cut out a rib to get the roof panel into the correct shape in the middle, then adjusted the side parts over the diagonal areas of the cab front. When I was happy with the cab front I drew round the profile (before cutting away for the diagonal areas) and made a rib for the rear of the cab sides. I then made a rib for the rear extension of the roof. Next I cut out the front diagonal areas to match the cab front, and added all the ribs on the underside of the roof.
I added the rain strips from 0.5 mm rod and riveted strip and made a roof vent.
Standard roofs are a bit tricky to make.
I spent the rest of the working week adding more cab detail. I found better castings for the reverser mechanism, so will exchange those next week.
I have just got the gauges, AWS gear, window glass and main handrail to fit. Then the cab will need grafting onto the footplate and the whole assembly mounting onto the chassis. Easy!
This job is becoming quite a marathon. There is just about enough in the kit to give a shakey foundation but there's a lot of scratchbuilding done and a lot more to come.
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