Katzhagen - Archive - January 2010
Wintertime - basementtime
or what to do with 100 ice cream sticks, 4 sheets of cardboard and a tank car...in case it's too uncomfortable outside and a package from the model train dealer arrives. 216 10-packs of Carlsberg Beer cans which were made from the cardboard sheets some time ago were waiting to be palletized as well as the pile of 100 roof battens based upon ice cream sticks. Furthermore two figures were searching for new outerwear and a tank car had to be equipped with a tail light.
Replenishment for the wood and beverages trade
The pair seated on the pile of wood slats pushed off the old tram trailer
I bought some time ago and due to their garments' worn out look from the 70s
they immediately fell into the next garments shop...
Both matte and glossy acrylic paint as well as a fine paintbrush provided
for a new colour of hair and a new outfit.
I now can see the costs of Preiser figures in a different light.
The ice cream sticks (Thanks children !) were cut to shape, sanded, then glued to each other and finally palletized. Plastic tape was used to secure the load and cyanoacrylate adhesive was used to connect the tape's ends.
Securing the palletized beer cartons was done with cling film, which looks like a faithful copy. Glue wasn't necessary here since the film is highly self-adhesive.
I now can see the costs of Preiser figures in a different light.
The ice cream sticks (Thanks children !) were cut to shape, sanded, then glued to each other and finally palletized. Plastic tape was used to secure the load and cyanoacrylate adhesive was used to connect the tape's ends.
Securing the palletized beer cartons was done with cling film, which looks like a faithful copy. Glue wasn't necessary here since the film is highly self-adhesive.
A tail light for the Aral tank car
was handy since a long time, but the tank car was what I was waiting for. Now that it had arrived, it was put onto the operating table immediately as it should run at the end of a standard gauge goods train as soon as possible.After fiddling around with the car a bit, I decided to place the tail light above one of the buffers and a bit on the platform. This required a minor modification of both the lantern and the handrail.
Minor modification of the handrail for fastening the light.
A warm-white 1300mcd SMD LED was used for the lantern. Its power supply was placed inside the air tank dummy at the car's other side. The cabling was hidden below the chassis using a drinking straw (sprayed in black) in the open area between the trucks, which just looks like an additional pipe. The voltage for this gadget is taken from the tracks via ball bearing axles.
Parts of the cabling were hidden below the platform.
The result - a current control provides for a constant illumination at 3V and above.
