Passenger car truck

[John McGuyer]

Thought you guys might like to see the results of 1/20.3 3 ft. passenger car truck patterns I've been working on. This is the first pull and meant to check fit so has not been carefully deburred or finished.

John

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[TRAINS1941]

John

Now that's what you call "SWEET".  Beautiful!!

Jerry

[marc_reusser]

Beautiful. Am I correct in assuming you built the masters and did the casting on this?

Marc

[John McGuyer]

Marc,

I'm a little old pattern maker. The truck is a new product for Ozark.

John

[Krusty]

John

That's a beautiful piece of pattern making. How did you go about making the journal covers?

[lab-dad]

As a scratch builder I too would also like to see how you accomplished some of the more challenging aspects of the master. If you want to expand.
-Marty

[John McGuyer]

The journal covers are 1/32" sheet brass, cut out the basic shape and mill to finish. Spin a piece of brass rod to the right diameter and radius the edges. Drill a hole in the sheet portion and stick the rod through to get the right effect and solder. Then cut off the back side. There is also a small rib on the right back side that is just a piece of brass soldered on. One of the tricks I've found on a tiny piece like that is to make it too long so you have something to clamp, then cut it off after you solder it.

John

[Krusty]

Thanks John. It's good to see someone keeping the traditional skills alive.

[marc_reusser]

John,

Thanks for the info on the pattern building process. Very interesting and impressive.

BTW........

On saturday, I got to see the beautifully built and painted 1/32 scale ATSF stock car you did. Great Job. Didn't know it was yours till just this evening.

Marc

[finescalerr]

Here's the model, John. Bob Uniack brought it over and I shot a series of photos. I suppose now is a good time to inform you that it will appear in next year's Modelers' Annual. Better think up a few things to say about it. -- Russ

[John McGuyer]

Bob Uniack has been one of my hero's in building model trains. His work is legendary. For him to take one of my models to a show in place of his own, is an ultimate complement to me. Now for you to include it in the premier builders annual just adds icing to my efforts. Thanks guys!

John