I have started a trial run of the CF caboose. This is the easy part. I am still thinking about those pesky gutters but I have few ideas to try. I will add new photos as I progress.
Malcolm
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Hi Malcolm,
Awesome! I've seen your other builds and they are all impressive. If you intend on selling this or others I'm 100% interested.
Joe
Malcolm,
It seems like for most of the built up kits I've seen at shows, the builders don't angle the gutters as they should be. It is something to note.
Sign me up! I'm in for one if you offer them for sale.
Gilly
Windows done and spots for rivet/nbw castings marked.
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woopee, my caboose is started.
oh cr**p not mine. oh well
Malcom
for the gutters try those coffee stirs that have 2 tiny straws siamesed together and use an exacto and split one of the sides in half , glue it to a larger piece of plastic to hold it steady to cut straight .
Bernie
Hi Malcom,
Wow! Moving fast.
I actually had decals printed a year or 2 ago, that you are welcome to, if interested. They are only the main logo and numbers for the side. Based on my research, I came up with a couple different styles. One source was from O Scale Trains magazine. I've attached a low res jpg (not actually to size).
The sheets I had printed up are in O scale, and as you can see, there is enough for more than one caboose on each sheet.
I can't wait to see your progress.
Joe
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Nice start....I echo what Gilly said Malcolm.
Bob, Look again. It is the one behind the N&W.
Originally Posted by Bob Anson:
oh cr**p not mine. oh well
Quitting time! Got this far today and a C&O cab body together too.
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Hi Malcolm,
Man, you are really moving on this. It's looking great! You clearly have this down to a science.
In case you may have missed my offer earlier, I do have decals for this specific build if you are interested. I'll look for them when I get home from work tonight.
Joe Kunka
Joe, Thanks, I sent you an email. Malcolm
Originally Posted by ironman1:
Hi Malcolm,
Man, you are really moving on this. It's looking great! You clearly have this down to a science.
In case you may have missed my offer earlier, I do have decals for this specific build if you are interested. I'll look for them when I get home from work tonight.
Joe Kunka
You really make it look easy!
Originally Posted by ironman1:
Hi Malcom,
Wow! Moving fast.
I actually had decals printed a year or 2 ago, that you are welcome to, if interested. They are only the main logo and numbers for the side. Based on my research, I came up with a couple different styles. One source was from O Scale Trains magazine. I've attached a low res jpg (not actually to size).
The sheets I had printed up are in O scale, and as you can see, there is enough for more than one caboose on each sheet.
I can't wait to see your progress.
Joe
Joe, the lettering is white NOT black to be faithful to prototypical.
Ron
Hi Ron,
Yes, the decals are white. I guess you're talking about the artwork image I sent to Malcolm which is black which is required to produce a negative before printing white or any other color.
Joe
Looking good Malcolm. 
Originally Posted by ironman1:
Hi Ron,
Yes, the decals are white. I guess you're talking about the artwork image I sent to Malcolm which is black which is required to produce a negative before printing white or any other color.
Joe
From the text of post thought these were decals. Also wanted to check the all road numbers were Duryea underframe cars.
Ron
Roof panel on one end and a gutter. There will not be anymore of these until I determine and easier way to do this. I will try another method on the other end.
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That looks good, what did you use for the gutter?
This is going to be good. Really GOOD!
Ron
Outstanding! But that's not a surprise.
Joe
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WOW
Malcolm, you got the CF So NAILED!
Ron
This is totally awesome, unbelievable might be a better choice of words here- wow!! Nice work Malcolm!!
Very amazing work as usual and you make it look so easy or simple. I am sure they are not though. I like the gutters, now being new to this I never new some cabooses had gutters on them, was that a norm. Thanks for taking the time to post photos of the progress. Nick
Thanks for sharing this process. It is really looking great, angles on the gutters and everything.
The Kohs website has lots of good photos and information...
Yes, you did poop the party. It wouldn't stop me from buying it, even if Malcolm did stop the build right there!
Joe
the coffee stirs that are 2 small oblong or oval tiny straws molded side by side make a perfect gutter .
I glue the straw to a piece of heavy styrene , with half of one of the tubes hanging over the edge of the styrene about half way , once it dries or bonds to the styrene , it is very thin wall can be trimmed using the heavy styrene it is glue to as a guide or fence for the exacto or box cutter to it off perfectly straight . Once you split one long ways , makes a perfect gutter on this caboose , I built an old wood kit for a customer in Japan and used this method , they are about .080 OD. .005 wall thickness
Bernie
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Originally Posted by Scratchbuilder1-48:
they are about .080 OD. .005 wall thickness
.080 scales out to a whopping 3.84". There has to be something out there that could get it down to 2.5"
Originally Posted by Big Jim:
Originally Posted by Scratchbuilder1-48:
they are about .080 OD. .005 wall thickness
.080 scales out to a whopping 3.84". There has to be something out there that could get it down to 2.5"
3/64" OD brass tubing used to be available from Special Shapes. Might have something useful......
Ok guys, I heard you and have changed the gutters to 1/16 channel. That is as close as I will get. There won't be anymore of these anyway unless I discover a better way to build them.
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Nice job Lad!
More new pics with new gutter over cupola windows.
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Malcolm, were you reading my mind?
This is going to be one GREAT Cab!
Ron
