O-scale Chippewa Taxi & Auto
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jdcrawler
Joined: Apr 4, 2011
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Here are a few photos of an interesting old building in Manistee, Michigan.
I decided to make a model of this to go with the other buildings that I've built up over the last couple of winters.
This one won't be an exact copy but it will be close.
The base structure is built up from 1/8 inch paneling.
Here it is with the roof section added.
The building structure is finished with sections of printed paper that are glued onto the paneling.
Once the paper is all glued on, the building is sprayed with matt finish clear.
The doors and windows are from Grandtline.
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TRAINS4U2C2
Joined: Oct 4, 2009
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Nice job, looks like a fun project. Are the roof panels printed also ? Where did you find the patterns to print out.
Doug
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jdcrawler
Joined: Apr 4, 2011
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Thanks Doug
I copied a photo of roof tiles off the internet and printed it out.
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JohnBoy
Joined: May 14, 2008
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Another quality structure to add to your collection. How do you cut out the windows?
John
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jdcrawler
Joined: Apr 4, 2011
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Thanks John
I have a saber-saw mounted upside down under a piece of aluminum so the blade sticks up thru the aluminum plate.
The openings are drawn out on the front of the wall section.
Then I drill two 1/4 inch holes in each opening at opposite corners.
The wall section is set down so the saw blade comes up thru one of the holes and I make the saw cuts along the two lines extending out from that hole.
The process is repeated for the other hole and the center piece of wood wall is removed.
Then I use the saw blade to trim back to each corner around the two holes.
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JohnBoy
Joined: May 14, 2008
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That is brilliant! Indispensable tool, every hobbyist should have one!
Thanks for sharing - I believe I speak for many that we learn a lot from you and your work.
Cheers,
John
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TRAINS4U2C2
Joined: Oct 4, 2009
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That is a cool idea.
1. Could you show us a picture of how you mounted the saw to the aluminum ?
2. Do you also put the blade in backwards ? Then does the back of the blade slide against the aluminum when presure is put against it when cutting ?
Doug
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jdcrawler
Joined: Apr 4, 2011
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The saber saw is held onto the bottom of the aluminum plate with a couple of pieces of scrap steel.
The blade is put in backwards and it is tight enough in the plunger shaft that it does not move forward when cutting the wood.
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TRAINS4U2C2
Joined: Oct 4, 2009
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Thank you for going through the trouble of showing us that, a picture is worth a thousand words,
Doug
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ChiloquinRuss
Joined: Oct 24, 2012
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Nice job on the saw and also on the great looking strucutre. Thanks for the tutorial on your saw, that is very clever. Russ
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