Following a period without any modelling taking place, I have regained my appetite and on going into my local hobby shop and picking up the August issue of Railway Modelling I found just the motivation I needed.
The plans of a Victorian crossing keeper's cabin to 4mm scale appealed to me and I set to work rescaling them down to N scale (in my case 1:160) (as this is the scale I work in) and printed them off and began to make the first moves with construction.
I began construction by cutting out thick styrene (perhaps 2mm) for the floor, and cut some clapboard siding for the walls. Using my Tamiya thin Cement to glue (this is the best I have ever used) the box began to take shape quickly.
For the windows I quickly decided on an effective method of construction, not wanting to muck around with bits of styrene and glue going everywhere, and resulting in a mess that wouldn't hold together I opted for brass and a jig.
Taking a pluck of Pine I glued a sheet of the side elevation plan on with PVA and scribed the lines that form the window frame. In these recesses the fine brass rectangular shaped wire was slotted in and held down for soldering. Carrs Red Flux was used to get a good joint, with minimal heat and solder being applied.
The soldered lattice of framework was removed following soldering and trimmed to size with some small scissors. Trimming was done so that the frame would fit snugly in behind the outer styrene trim used for the window frame extremities.
And thats all for now...
