Saturday, April 1, 2017

Eighteen of Twenty-One

Not finished but worked on.

That would be the twenty-one Peter Pig Old West train cars I'm converting.  The only cars not worked on in any way yet (unless you count laying in supplies) are the three flat cars that will turn into gondolas.  And, so far, all I've done on the three flat cars into tank cars is cut the doweling for the main tanks - a while back.

The five coaches have had more work.  The parlor car has had a larger window 'installed' on either side and a little bit of repair work done post surgery courtesy of Squadron Putty (first and last time I use that stuff, has that terribly dangerous chemical toluene in it!).  The all baggage car has had eight of its ten windows filled in so that there will only be a door with a window on each long side.  And the three combination cars have had four windows filled in.  Small progress, but any progress is good.

The horse car has had its join filled in so that should be invisible when it comes time to paint it.  And, of course, the six box cars and their progress were detailed in the last post.

So, nine cars worked on today.  Progress might be a little slow but its been reasonably steady the last few weeks, if somewhat dis-focused.  Oh, well, variety keeps the interest up and the progress happening.

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