Looks good Michael. It's nice when you can work on something like that and enjoy it. Check out the latest Gazette for the article by Mallory Hope Farrell on his On3 models of the San Juan. Pretty good stuff there. You technique for the roofs makes me a little interested in building a static model of one of those trains... Art
Yep. I knew that he's an On3 modeler, but I was surprised to see him end the series with his models of the San Juan & Chili Line cars. If you liked his models of the San Juan, I highly recommend checking out the ET&WNC's Stemwinder cars. More modern and ornate than the San Juan cars. They were sold to Mexico in the 1930s. The roster included a modern B-M-X-Passenger, a modern B-M-X, a steel B-M-X, 3 or so coaches, and an open platform car. Michael
Two photos I should have taken and uploaded a week or two ago: Sorry about the awful lighting on the first. It was just a quick snapshot to show the roof. Michael
This is just fantastic to see. For years I've been wanting to build like the old Westwood kits with their roof ribs and you've done just that. I am trying it a bit differently and have a cnc-cutter that is supposed to handle up to 0.040 sheet styrene. It's my way of being lazy and still potentially getting piles of the needed parts by drawing once and pasting that all over a page on screen and then letting the machine do the cutting. I hope this gets me over my fears of modeling arched windows and doors. I do really love your work. Mike Bauers
With CNC, you could do all of the framing for a model destined to win 1st place in all model competitions. Doing it by hand, I stopped at having just enough car lines for it to be durable. With modern 3D printing, you could possibly get it done that way if the CNC doesn't work as desired. There is a company in northern Europe that does that sort of thing...and it isn't expensive. Michael
