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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #330 on: April 01, 2021, 04:19:14 PM »
Beautiful!

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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #331 on: April 01, 2021, 05:01:39 PM »
Wow.  I see the coach gained some lights.

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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #332 on: April 01, 2021, 05:25:56 PM »
Dance floor for Saturday night?
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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #333 on: April 01, 2021, 06:07:51 PM »
Dance floor for Saturday night?

I can hardly wait to see Dave trip the light fantastic.

Brilliant progress.
We want...A SHRUBBERY!  One that looks nice, and not too expensive.

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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #334 on: April 01, 2021, 06:25:23 PM »
Whoa!  Unbelievable!

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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #335 on: April 02, 2021, 07:36:18 AM »
Fantastic!

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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #336 on: April 02, 2021, 07:48:42 AM »
What is the plan for interior lighting?  Oil lamp sconces or battery powered reproductions?
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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #337 on: April 02, 2021, 08:12:06 AM »
Regarding the lighting, James posted this at the NGDF forum earlier:

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The new coach  will be number 9.  We'll have all the Victorian accoutrements: brass luggage racks, ceiling hung  kero lanterns, gold leaf, etc.


Thread link:
https://ngdiscussion.net/phorum/read.php?1,414443,414445#msg-414445
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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #338 on: April 02, 2021, 09:44:44 AM »
Coach work continues with the usual high WW&F standards. 
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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #339 on: April 09, 2021, 04:03:16 PM »
Eric and Ron installing one of the truss planks. The truss plank bolts through the side sill with hook bolts. The plank has steel bar stock inset into the top of the plank to give the hook bolts a solid surface to pull on.

Truss plank laying on the car floor while the steel strip is installed.



Steel strip being bolted on.



Plank stood up against the wall.





Hook bolts being placed into the side sill.





Ron installing a hook bolt in the plank.















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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #340 on: April 12, 2021, 08:26:03 AM »
Very nice work, Eric and Ron!  And Harold, for the amazing amount of prep work on this kit!

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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #341 on: April 24, 2021, 05:24:57 PM »



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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #342 on: May 01, 2021, 07:04:38 PM »
Letter boards have been planed this week.

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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #343 on: May 01, 2021, 08:35:05 PM »
With regard to Mike's photo of those loooong letterboards above, the two photos of those loooooong boards getting 'planed' (in a different thread) deserve to be part of this permanent "Construction" thread.

Here is the caption snippet:

Work completed  Wednesday 28 April 2021:

*  Coach #9 Letter boards planed, these boards are 40 feet long.
    (Eric, Fred, Brendan, Bryce, Dan, Randy, Leon, Jacob, Steve L, Jason)

The two photos are linked from the quoted thread, below:



Note that there are 10 people listed in that caption, although not all of them are necessarily visible in those photos.
« Last Edit: May 01, 2021, 08:41:39 PM by Graham Buxton »
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Re: Coach 9 - Official Work Thread
« Reply #344 on: May 08, 2021, 03:55:40 PM »
Seat castings arrived at Sheepscot last week.



Another photo of planing the letter boards.



Eric working on the roof trim.

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