Reply to "Making a Hornby MO type tinplate wagon"

Jamie Thompson posted:

Then I drill all the holes required (In hindsight this should have been done before cutting out. (Also note extra river detail added on a whim using an auto punch.) 

 

Then Using a Jewlers saw and small  files I cut out the slots for the coupler. I tried a different complicated method this time and went very pear shaped. So don’t be like me and keep it simple Sam!  Next it’s off to the vice to bend the metal sided in to place. 

I highly recommend using a small bending brake to get nice clean bends. As you can see in the pics the corners end up rounded in a vice. 

 

I am only very new to working with tinplate so any help and suggestions are more than appreciated. 

To be continued...

Looks like you are doing great to me.

I checked out the glitter houses site. Between that and this thread your methods are pretty clear, although I am still not 100% sure I am following you on the wheels/axles.

I am trying to learn to due some tinplate work myself, and am probably going to take on build a small brake soon.

Could you post a picture of the jewelers saw and some of the files you are using?  My interest so far has been to make my front pilot and coupler for my mth 263e loco so I can double head and run longer tinplate trains.  I am hoping to make a design I can repeat and maybe even make available to others.