Hi Ken --
Since you have already done this in HO, you probably also have the techniques
to do it in S.
Good tools are the heart of making good splices. Good razor saw or Dremel
saw, large, flat, fine toothed file and / or square sanding tool, and a flat
surface (glass or similar) to check for alignment after initial fitting. Then
patient sanding to a final fit that lies flat on the glass.
Good places to splice are along car seams or structural members where the
contour of the surface helps to hide the joint.
Pitfalls are easily encountered, primarily in that many plastic injection molds
are NOT necessarily the same left to right or end to end. In making a
streamlined full baggage car from two AM baggage – crew cars, the difference
was about 1/32”, which is doubled when one end is rotated to meet the other.
Obviously, the joint then has to be thoroughly reinforced because the internal
stresses will be quite high when forcing the side joint into alignment. In
that case, I started by joining the roof (most rigid part) and flexing the
sides into place once the roof was cured and HARD.
Good luck!
Bill Winans
Prescott Valley, AZ
I did it from time to time when I was in HO - some better results than
others, but with the large body size of S rolling stock, I'm wondering if
anyone had any 'sure-fire' method to splice two carbodies together.
ken
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