I thought I'd try to make a one truck caboose and this is how it turned out... ...still needs couplers. Greg
Wow....that is pretty cool! I'm sitting here shaking my head "did he really do that?'" as in is that real or a professional photoshop job? Either way, I'm going to have to try that!
It's real. A Tooter original... ( ...I have almost no photography skills. ) You can see where the cut was made, as the truncated left railing gives it away.
Great workmanship. Has this caboose a prototype? Or did you built it just for your railroad? Wolfgang
This is another one-track-car. This car visited my layout when I participated in an Interchange group. Wolfgang
I think you underestimate your skills - I had to stare at that a LONG time to see (I think) where the cut was made. I can't wait to see the locomotive that pairs up with it :tb-tongue:
Thanks for the kind words, XT ... I've only been modelling for about 4 months. In this pic, the cut is a lot more obvious... This is the simple process I came up with to get nice clean true surfaces for easy assembly. The secret is having something you can rely on that is always true... which, by the way, is also useful for addressing any other issue in life. I use a piece of 1/2 inch thick plate glass as a work surface, and scoot the cut pieces around on a piece of fine emery cloth on top of the glass until they're so true they squeak, while checking them to make sure they keep square by mating them to machined blocks of metal set on the perfectly flat glass surface. Greg
Interesting to see how much that truck change alters how I perceive the caboose. It now has a much heftier appearance. Boxcab E50
It almost looks "normal" now when viewed alone... until it's coupled to a relatively short 40 foot flat car...
