My first attempt at assembling the walls and ends to the SSA X29 did not go swimmingly well. Maybe it was because I could not SOLDER them! (:->)
You have to be right on with lining up the corners for the floor to fit well. After talking to Ron about it we decided it was ME and NOT THE KIT. Ron advised to make 2 end/wall L shapes, let them dry and then join them to form the box. I like to roll on through without stopping! Still, every now and then I like to get in touch with my inner milling machine. It is FUN! Well - it is not so inner. It is 7+ feet tall, weighs 1500 pounds and is in my shop! At times I like do things that are unnecessarily and exceedingly complex just for the sake of challenging myself and to MAKE something. I made the attached drill fixture for installing PRR antennas on SHS F units. It has only been used 4 times but took HOURS to make. With the time spent on making this X29 wall fixture I could probably have had the cars assembled and probably painted by now. But what fun is THAT? This is how I spent more hours than I care to say with my milling machine in the past few days. However, I am learning how to machine things accurately instead of hit n miss. It is a quick n dirty page. http://www.lanestrains.com/X29_Wall_Fixture.htm But the end result is perfect corners on the X29 every time! Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progress at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's
