AtlasO Zephyr Surgery

Malcolm, I thought you were done with O gauge

Looking forward to seeing the end result.  And so is Frank!  I'm sure it will be the coolest car by far on the Rockford O Scalers layout. 

OH boy. I can't wait to see this. I have one of his Milwaukee cabeese, it is beautiful.

Dick

In no better Dr's hands  than yours Malcolm!!!

It certainly takes balls and guts to cut such a model..... I am impressed.

Yves

Yves.  Not just balls but a desire for something that can't be had any other way.

Malcolm you have nerves of steel sir.  Looking forward to seeing this progress. 

Malcolm, just curious, how did you get such a perfect, clean cut, just amazing.

All the best,

Miketg

Malcolm you have and know, what it takes to create 'MASTERPIECES.'
Ralph

What model are you going to do? Is it the Denver Zephyr observation car?

RAY

I will be watching this build very closely as I have two cars that I plan to do very similar conversions on to change them into private varnish cars.

Paul

I switched computers and I have not transferred any pictures of the "Sierra Hotel" so I grabbed a picture off the internet.  The picture gives you an idea of why the "Sierra Hotel" is a special car for some.

Miketg posted:

Malcolm, just curious, how did you get such a perfect, clean cut, just amazing.

All the best,

Miketg

Me, too...

Thank you all! As far as the cut? Before I did that I measured it about 4 times, marked and then used masking tape to mark the cut line.After I mustered up the courage to cut it I used my old method of using the razor saw without a handle. I hold the saw blade in my hand.  As I began to saw I may very light cuts at the edges and corners. As they become deeper I connect the cuts as I progress (Slowly). I also stop every three or 4 strokes and run the saw across a bar of Ivory soap. You will be surprised how much easier it is to cut smoothly with the soap on the blade. It took me about 20-25 minutes to make the cut on the Zephyr car. The method seems to work well for me.

Thanks again, Malcolm

Great tip on the Ivory soap - will try that next time.  Thanks!

...gregg

wonderful work!  the soap trick works on wood screws as well  (we just ran screws over a bar of soap, in our case) .  used to do that all the time when assembling benchwork (2 x4 s) etc... looking forward to the progress on the latest project!

Thanks Malcolm. I learned something!

Soap and WD-40 work on table saws and jig saws  too.  Cools and lubricates.   Continuous or frequent application depending on product.

Great for slicing up 4' X 8' sheets of clear plastic.

We use a special tooth shape for super clean cutting of laminate flooring.  Love to try cutting someone else's plastic car with it.

Awesome work, Malcom!

I posted about using the plastic in id card holders for modeling the vents on these cars. I thought maybe you'd be interested.