Chicagoland 2019 Minikit
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Bob Chapman
It seemed appropriate to work on Chicagoland’s 2019 Minikit the weekend of this year’s scheduled event. A thanks to George Toman, Lester Breuer, and John Golden, whose earlier posts offered inspiration and useful tips. My effort mostly followed the basic Chicagoland instructions, with a few exceptions.
Chicagoland supplied resin diagonal corner braces in two different widths (.040” and .060”) for top and bottom, while prototype photos show a consistent width of about .060”; I substituted .010” x .060” styrene strip for the cast resin braces. Accurail’s outside-brace members are channels vs. the prototype’s Z-members; following George’s lead, I added .010” x .040” styrene strips atop the channels (yes, Accurail’s riveted bottom flanges face the wrong way on the verticals, but a small price for those neat Z-shadows like George’s). Weathering is a combination of washes, powders, and pencils.
Regards,
Bob Chapman
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James Brewer
Great looking car Bob! Love the weathering.
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Lester Breuer
Bob another fine build. Nice weathering.
Lester Breuer |
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Paul Doggett
Bob Paul Doggett |
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Tom Madden
Beautiful work, as always, Bob. And the resin castings and decals are available as a mini-kit from Resin Car Works:
http://resincarworks.com/decals_parts.htm Tom Madden |
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Eric Hansmann
Another great looking model, Bob! Nice work.
What did you use for the Carmer uncoupling hardware?
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bob Chapman
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2020 12:07 PM To: STMFC E-List <main@Realstmfc.groups.io> Subject: [RealSTMFC] Chicagoland 2019 Minikit
It seemed appropriate to work on Chicagoland’s 2019 Minikit the weekend of this year’s scheduled event. A thanks to George Toman, Lester Breuer, and John Golden, whose earlier posts offered inspiration and useful tips. My effort mostly followed the basic Chicagoland instructions, with a few exceptions.
Chicagoland supplied resin diagonal corner braces in two different widths (.040” and .060”) for top and bottom, while prototype photos show a consistent width of about .060”; I substituted .010” x .060” styrene strip for the cast resin braces. Accurail’s outside-brace members are channels vs. the prototype’s Z-members; following George’s lead, I added .010” x .040” styrene strips atop the channels (yes, Accurail’s riveted bottom flanges face the wrong way on the verticals, but a small price for those neat Z-shadows like George’s). Weathering is a combination of washes, powders, and pencils.
Regards, Bob Chapman
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Clark Propst
You went the extra mile on this one Bob. Weathering is superb. Clark Propst
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gtws00
That’s a really great looking build. Well done! Nice to see another one all built and weathered up.
Thanks for sharing George Toman |
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Bob Chapman
Eric H asks: What Carmer hardware used?
Eric -- This is one of those "don't try this at home" answers. Lacking a clear proto photo of the Carmer, I used what I had -- Yarmouth's #400.
Regards,
Bob Chapman
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Eric Hansmann
Your secret is safe with me, Bob.
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bob Chapman
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2020 12:06 PM To: STMFC E-List <main@Realstmfc.groups.io> Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Chicagoland 2019 Minikit
Eric H asks: What Carmer hardware used?
Eric -- This is one of those "don't try this at home" answers. Lacking a clear proto photo of the Carmer, I used what I had -- Yarmouth's #400.
Regards, Bob Chapman
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