Hi Scott,
I too have a number of the AMB Q waycars.
I have only started one of them and also purchased the ladder kit
that you mentioned. I did do the soldering (using a pencil iron) but
am not too happy with the outcome. I realize that "practice makes
perfect", but I don't have the inclenation to keep on trying with
what could be an expensive item to keep purcasing....
Any how...I also have the Walthers 4 window Q waycars and the end
rails and ladders look dead on for the waycar, there is a bit of
moulding flashing that you would need to clean up with an xacto
knife, but it still would be worth the time...NOW if we can only get
the hand-rail part from Walthers. I haven't tried contacting them
about that as yet.
Greg K.
in frosty white MN.
--- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "Myers, Scott V." <svmyers@s...>
wrote:
> I have several of these kits and have been very pleased with their
assembly. However, I am stymied when it comes to the ladders. Along
with the kits, I bought the Trout Creek Engineering caboose ladders
kit. These are etched brass parts that require assembly. The
directions are definitely correct when they suggest that gluing the
rungs to the siderails using ACC does not work well, and recommend
soldering. I fear use of my large soldering gun is likely to burn
through the thin brass, or at best, leave a messy amount of solder at
each rung. ( I don't have a torch or pencil type soldering iron.)
Not surprisingly, the siderails also get easily bent. It appears to
me that I will face a similar assembly problem with the platform
railing (made from the wire included) when trying to attach the
vertical supports to the horizontal railing.
>
> For those who have assembled these portions of the waycar kit, or
anyone else for that matter, how have you constructed the ladders and
platform railings?
>
> One thought that occured to me was substituting ladders and
railings from another source. The ad I have seen of the new Walthers
CB&Q 4 Window Wood Caboose appears to have the correct combination of
ladders and platform railings, although its difficult to see much in
the way of details. Does anyone know if this is true, or have any
other suggestions?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Scott Myers
>
>
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