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Side step to the interior
Thank you Glenn and Gary.
That's a valid remark Glenn regarding the disc brake details. The discussion with the designer regarding the brake system only started when I was well underway with building the trucks and although the design has been altered now, I still have to correct the top and bottom view. In the final design these details have been removed and others added to the reflect the clasp-style brakes as you call them. I still have to add those details as well.
Just a short getaway from finalizing the trucks and I started with the interior. The interior consists of two segments, a seating section and a sleeping section, consisting of small bedrooms with cabinets for as I presume, washing basins, storage and perhaps a bathroom. Otherwise, the bathrooms are located further down the corridor.
I started with the seating compartment. Lots of wall segments to be doubled, and in fact I tripled them, which suits the outlines of where they have to be placed more accurate. As these elements will also act as formers, providing structural strength, this is I think not a luxury.
The compartment of each passenger is equipped with a small table and a seat, which will be installed later. A few more details will be added as well.
Two compartments puzzle me. In the model they apparently do not have a function as there is no door printed on the wall, but they are equipped with a small window (that would disqualify them as bathrooms!).
I decided to let my imagination take over and am building one of the compartments as a luggage hold and the other one may well become a small room for a train attendant, with a table, a chair and a small cabinet on the wall.
Anyway, it's all work in progress and to give you an impression of the size of the eventual model, I put both sections of the sleeper next to each other. Overall size will be something like 55cm (21.5 inches), not particularly small.
That's it for now,
Erik
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