More Cutting and Rebuilding
I did some more work on my large scale trolley yesterday and today. This is the same trolley we have on our mantle for Christmas. I've never really been happy with the rounded front and rear bumpers that this trolley ships with and I felt the trolley was missing a step for passengers stepping up from the street so I went about trying to resolve those problems today. First, I started making the front and rear bumpers to replace the rather toy-like bumpers. Well, actually, I started by cutting off the front and rear rounded bumpers. The original front bumper can be seen in the first photo below. Then I designed a new bumper to be made using wood. I wanted a chunkier narrow gauge look so I used wood for this. Anyway, the photo below shows the front rounded, hollow bumper that I cut off... Below, is a photo of the new bumpers being glued up... Below is a photo of the front end after I cut off the manufactured front bumper. I could...