Comments on: Stalled http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2009/11/19/stalled/ A hobby journey with Eric Hansmann. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Eric http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2009/11/19/stalled/#comment-469 Eric Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:26 +0000 http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2009/11/19/stalled/#comment-469 I had been hesitant to open my resin kit boxes for several years, Herman. After receiving encouragement from others and absorbing tips and techniques, I am happy to have pressed forward. If you can build any of the HO scale Red Caboose, Intermountain, or Tichy kits, then you can build a resin kit. If you are currently adding details to your plastic freight car fleet to upgrade running boards, sill steps, uncoupling levers, or brake systems and rodding, then you can build a resin kit. Start with a flat car or a gondola. That F&C flat car has a one-piece frame. There are separate stake pocket details and a few grab irons to add, as well as trucks and couplers. The deck is another piece. That's basically it for that kit. It's a good way to jump into resin kit building. I've gone another step and reviewed prototype images in order to place the tack boards, retainer valve, and uncoupling levers in the proper location. Air hoses and angle cocks were added to finish off the details. This is a level of completion I've set for my model work. Each person sets their own level and it is my hope that these notes inspire you and others to keep pushing your modeling skills along. The learning process is an exciting journey. - E I had been hesitant to open my resin kit boxes for several years, Herman. After receiving encouragement from others and absorbing tips and techniques, I am happy to have pressed forward. If you can build any of the HO scale Red Caboose, Intermountain, or Tichy kits, then you can build a resin kit.

If you are currently adding details to your plastic freight car fleet to upgrade running boards, sill steps, uncoupling levers, or brake systems and rodding, then you can build a resin kit.

Start with a flat car or a gondola. That F&C flat car has a one-piece frame. There are separate stake pocket details and a few grab irons to add, as well as trucks and couplers. The deck is another piece. That’s basically it for that kit. It’s a good way to jump into resin kit building.

I’ve gone another step and reviewed prototype images in order to place the tack boards, retainer valve, and uncoupling levers in the proper location. Air hoses and angle cocks were added to finish off the details. This is a level of completion I’ve set for my model work. Each person sets their own level and it is my hope that these notes inspire you and others to keep pushing your modeling skills along. The learning process is an exciting journey.

- E

]]> By: Herman http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2009/11/19/stalled/#comment-463 Herman Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:27:30 +0000 http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2009/11/19/stalled/#comment-463 An encouraging posting for me - I am hesitant to venture into assembling cars in that way and yet this is an encouragement that, over time, it's possible to do such things. Cheers! An encouraging posting for me - I am hesitant to venture into assembling cars in that way and yet this is an encouragement that, over time, it’s possible to do such things.

Cheers!

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