The four main body panels have now been assembled and glued together - The two balsa strips at the top have been planed to the curve of the roof and a start has been made on the strips for the panelling - The green paint was mixed from semi gloss water based acrylics - 30 October 2006
The four main body panels have now been assembled and glued together - The two balsa strips at the top have been planed to the curve of the roof and a start has been made on the strips for the panelling - The green paint was mixed from semi gloss water based acrylics - 30 October 2006
13 - Construction of Tram No. 3 - “VICTORIA” - from a Locolines' card tram kit
Rea Valley Light Railway @ fotopic.net
Two strips of wood were then glued to each side - One on the top and one to the bottom - These were cut to the length of the side less twice the thickness of an end panel - The two pieces of card protruding from the bottom of each side are for the fitting of the side skirts - 29 October 2006Previous | NextHere all the strips of card have been added using Uhu general purpose contact adhesive- the edges of the strips were painted before fixing in place and then they were all given a final coat of paint followed by another coat of varnish - The motor can be seen through the door - 2 November 2006

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