American Model Builders Caboose laser cut kit

The Faller glue mentioned earlier is a really good consistency for laser-cut wood kits. It comes in a white bottle with red cap and lettering, a metal tube applicator, and is called “Faller Expert Laser”. Part number is 170494 and my neighborhood hobby shop carries it. Also comes with a handy wire attached for cleaning the applicator tip.

At the risk of being slapped, I have no comment!

That confused me also. I believe that we are looking at the top the truck, so the screw will be in the correction orientation when the truck is turned over.

If I need two screws, I go to the local hardware store and buy them. But since I spent a large portion of my working career with craft labor where you had to give them three of everything (one to use; one to lose; one to steal). I always get a couple extra. The extras get put in a large can. That can is overflowing.

Then the next time I need two screws I still go to the hardware store because it is faster than pawing through that large can looking for a matched set.

Hi, Dave

Thanks for the compliments on my caboose [:$]

In the photo I simply removed the truck screw and placed the up-turned truck on the floor over the truss rods.

The Kadee self-centering truck has a small pivot that the screw is passing through and is unseen in the photo. This pivot has indexes on it which engage recesses in the truck bolster so that when you lift the car the trucks automatically align to the centerline of the car, thus making rerailing (on tangent track) a little easier.

Correct.

For the photo I simply flipped the truck upside down but left the bolster screw in place so the OP could see the flat surface of the bolster and to answer his question about what kind of screw I used.

Regards, Ed

Ok thanks Ed, I just ordered a bunch of 2-56 screws.

I have all the parts painted now. I first used primer (2 light coats), and used the standard Testors flat red, and flat black for the roof.

For things like grab irons and hand rails, or cast metal parts glued to wood or styrene, I would use a super glue, aka CAA, not PVA.

I agree.

Dave

Okay, now I understand. I wondered why the ‘bottom’ of the truck looked so plain. That’s because it was the top! I should also have twigged based on where the brake rigging and other details were located.

Dave

I don’t understand your (no) comment.

Dave

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Subtle humor is lost on the Internet. To understand Maxman you are going to have to step down into the gutter with the rest of us. No offense to Maxman, I get it. [:D]

Stepping down should be easy. I needed an extension ladder to climb up into it.

And well you should.

At the risk of hijacking the thread, although recognizing that adhesives were part of the OP’s inquiry, I believe I left the wrong impression with some readers.

I don’t suggest modelers toss all their cyanoacrylates in the rubbish right away. I probably have two-dozen different grades and brands of CA within reach of my bench at the moment. Gels, gap filling, accelerators, Gorilla Glue, Ultra, Professional and a few other types I forget. Sure there are times when nothing else will do.

I mention that I find more uses for the better grades of PVA, skip the Elmer’s School Glue unless you’re making masks out of construction paper and grocer’s bags.

I have found the canopy cement and Faller Laser Expert cement is handy for, yes, wire grab irons, brake staffs, brake rigging and several other tasks. When it comes to sticking LEDs into headlight housings there’s nothing better. It stays pliable, does not FOG the paint or clear styrene, can be removed if necessary. A few days ago I had to replace a broken grab iron (plastic) on a Proto2000 box car. Since I used the PVA I could tug at the remains of the stub and pull them out leaving a clean hole

I must be slow. I still don’t understand your ‘no’ comment. Please enlighten me. If I said something that offended you I would like to know so I won’t do it again.

Dave

LOL! No, you didn’t do anything offensive. Just notch up the throttle a bit. I believe that you said “nice caboose”. If a nice young thing were passing by, you might get slapped if you said “she has a …” If that doesn’t clear it up, think of the Mel and Tim song, Backfield In Motion, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0AU5Mckb3Q.

That’s not about a football penalty, eh.

I’m glad you tackled that, Steve’s getting tired of putting me on moderation[}:)]

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Okay, I’m obviously getting really slow these days!!![D)]

That’s one of the reasons I like going to our favourite restaurant, and no, they don’t have model trains!![swg] I do keep my thoughts to myself however!

Dave