US-Diesellocomotive Fairbanks-Morse CFA-16, NYC, 1:45 (O-Scale), HS-Design

[wanni]

Hello Friends,

since it was a long time I made a construction-report, here we go:

First the prensentation of the model:
9 pages with 209 parts, 4 pages Diagrams

[wanni]

The model is available here via inquiry

http://hs-design.npage.de/kontakt.html

There are three other variants available: Santa Fee, Milwaukee and Canadian North

[wanni]

First, we need a Base, a 0-scale railway.
A free-model is available here:

SCHAALBOUW products page

[Kevin WS]

Wanni,

I was excited to see this model. Did not know it existed!

Looks great, and I will be following your build with interest.

Great start on the tracks......

[wanni]

Hey Kevin, you are very wellcome...

After the tracks, it starts with the body-frame, which is divided in two parts because of it‘s length.
Part 1 - 3 are the rear body and internal frames. To get the correct shape (specially the roof) part 3 (rear front) is glued first. After that, the internal bulkhead part #2 is glued in place.

It is not easy....

[wanni]

More steadiness comes with the inner Tabs #4a (labeled #4 in the instruction-diagrams) and forming/gluing the edge:

[MacSongLi]

Like Kevin, I didn't know these existed either. Great start for a real nice model.

Gary

[wanni]

...and like Kevin, you are also very welcomed Gary...

Next is part #4a, the fuel tank cap.
I made it more 3D, and as you can see on the pics, I printed some extra bulk‘s to improve the shape of the roof:

[Kevin WS]

You are pretty fast with this.

I assume its cold where you are so no going out at the moment!

[wanni]

Naaaaa Kevin,

the weather is not too bad, up to 18°, but all seats are occupied, so I went inside, cardmodeling...