Using only paper and cardboard, you can build a completely plausible bench model carriage. If desired, the appearance of the present carriage can be conveyed in the layout down to the smallest detail. You can even make its interior glow.
Layout is a very interesting activity.
Make a layout railway I have always dreamed of it since childhood, in reality I only made a few flights of experimental paths. Unfortunately, during my work I encountered many problems and scarce parts, in this article I want to discuss with you the most FAQ when creating a layout of railway tracks and transport.
In the second issue of ModelMen magazine, I published an article and several photographs from the website of one experienced modeler, he builds model railroads and participates in exhibitions with his creations. Even by looking at the photographs of the layout, you can already determine for yourself the amount of work, make a list of tools and materials. I will not give the entire list of what is needed at once because it may not be complete, let’s better figure out together what is made of what.
Base
The model railway track must stand on something, so at the very beginning it is necessary to construct a base (table) for the model. The base can be solid or collapsible. It’s easier to make a solid base, but then you need to decide in advance on the room for the layout; it should be a spacious room in case of expanding the scale.
For the base you will need legs; you can take them from old ones school desks or make them yourself. The entire structure can be easily made from plywood and wooden blocks. For fastening you will need screws and metal corners. To make a collapsible model, you will have to rack your brains over the design of the base and methods of its transportation.
Tool
To work you will need many different tools:
Hammer
- screwdrivers
- wire cutters and pliers
- chisels
- files
- spatulas
- scissors
- knives
- tassels
- soldering iron
- and etc.
Railway track
In order for the trains to move in the right direction, we need rails; they can be purchased ready-made in specialized stores for modellers. If you, like me, do not have such stores in your city, then you can buy them through online stores or go buy them yourself. In extreme cases, you will have to make the rails yourself.
The simplest construction option is to use ready-made rails; they are glued or nailed with small nails to the base; the joints can be soldered and cleaned with a file.
If there are no ready-made rails, then you need to think about how to make them yourself; you can take the dimensions of the rails that are sold in stores and make the same ones of your own. For sleepers you will need to cut a lot of thin blocks, this can be done on a small machine. The rail itself must conduct current, so it is advisable to make it from thick copper wire, which can be rolled on manual machine before rectangular section. You can attach the rail to the sleepers using good glue or solder to nails driven into the sleepers, this can be done after 3-4 sleepers.
Electrical equipment
For the movement of the train there is a pipe electricity, unless of course you are making a steam locomotive. Factory and homemade blocks power supply (see diagrams, radio engineering), the output voltage should not be dangerous, usually a power supply up to 16 volts is used, for small models 6 - 9 volts is enough.
The train moves with the help of an electric motor; it can be taken from broken toys or purchased at a radio store. Electricity is supplied to the engine from two rails, the voltage from them is removed using two or more counters or from the metal wheels of the train itself.
To distribute electricity along the layout (base), you will need copper wires and connectors.
In addition to the trains themselves, the layout may contain traffic lights, barriers, lights and other elements that require electricity. Before routing the wires, carefully consider every detail; after installation it will be too late to wire the wires, you will have to cut the layout.
Landscape
An integral part of a good layout is the design of the landscape, this is worth paying attention to Special attention. To be similar to reality, you need to work hard on simulating hills, vegetation, buildings, people, vehicles, etc.
Many parts can be used in finished form, i.e. take toy cars, figurines of people, you can also buy figurines of animals, trees in children's stores...
To imitate hills, mountains, etc. you will need plywood, building plaster, papier-mâché, fiberglass, acrylic paints and other finishing materials.
Building
Models of buildings can also be purchased at toy stores or you can make them yourself from wood, cardboard, papier-mâché, plywood, etc.
Often modelers take real train stations as a model, photograph them and turn them into miniatures on the table.
On the site I will periodically publish my developments and those sent by you, you are probably interested in information on how to make a model train, traffic lights, trees, bridges and other elements for the railway. And I will also publish electrical circuits, photographs and drawings of old and new trains.
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Coach designed for transporting people. They are made of metal, the inside is decorated with valuable types of wood, plastic, artificial leather, It has good ventilation, electric lighting, radio, service compartment. The seating areas can easily be converted into sleeping areas. The carriages are painted predominantly green, sometimes dark red. They have good shock absorption, so there is no unpleasant shaking while driving. Passenger cars are mounted on two two-axle bogies. For the model, paper is used taking into account the traditional painting of the cars.
The proposed model has been simplified, the roof structure has been changed to make work easier. First prepare end walls car, then the body is cut out and folds are made according to a ruler. The roof is made from a wide strip of paper; a small fold is made in the middle, along the long side. Installation is not difficult. End part valves
smeared with glue and attached to the walls of the car, then the roof is glued. The car is mounted on two two-axle bogies, which are prepared in advance. The finished model is produced
finishing (Fig. 99).
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If your desires to build a model railroad exceed the capabilities of mass production, it’s time to think about making your own models. Exist different materials and technology - here we consider manufacturing from cardboard.
First of all, you should stock up on everything you need.
First you need good white cardboard (preferably 0.35 - 0.5 mm - determined by eye using a ruler).
You also need the right tools:
And most importantly, you need a sincere desire to make a layout!
Here we will consider the production of a model on a ready-made chassis. As a donor, you can use cars from the TT-model or VTTV.
When producing any layout, it is necessary reference materials in the form of drawings and illustrations of the modeling object. To save time, I also used the DMV from the TT model.
So, let's begin. If a drawing is used, then all dimensions must be recalculated to the appropriate scale, in my case - 1:120. Next, on a sheet of cardboard, you should draw a basic layout of the car WITHOUT a roof (the result should be an elongated parallelepiped without a floor) ( Rice. 1).
On it we draw everything that should be on the walls of the car, i.e. windows, doors, lines where there should be stiffeners, etc. After everything is drawn, we cut through all the windows with a knife.
Now it is necessary to increase the rigidity of the future body- With reverse side you need to glue a second layer of cardboard with already cut windows onto the walls so that the windows coincide with each other ( Rice. 2).
Since cardboard has a bad tendency to swell when wet, you don’t need to spread a lot of glue, but quickly and thinly spread one side and immediately press it firmly and put it under a press.
Now let's deal with the stiffeners. They are made from threads that are glued along the drawn lines: first, an adhesive strip is applied, onto which the thread is then applied and pressed with a finger. The idea is to saturate the thread with glue and remove excess glue from the surface. Once all the ribs are glued on, it's time to outline the doors. To do this, cut a thin groove along the contour of the door with a knife. After this, we coat the cut out contours of the doors and the already glued threads. When everything has dried, you need to carefully walk over the surface of the threads with fine sandpaper and coat it with glue again. During all coatings, we try to leave as little glue as possible so that unnecessary irregularities do not come out later. Handrails are made from thin strips of cardboard.
Now it's time to start assembling. We press down the folds on the reverse side with scissors. Then we cut it out, carefully bend it and glue it together ( Rice. 3).
Carefully sand the rough protruding cardboard in the gluing areas.
Roof. To get a roof of the desired shape, you first need to create a parallelepiped from layered cardboard, the height of which is equal to the height of the roof itself (usually painted in grey colour). The width and length should be 1 and 2 mm greater than the width and length of the car blank, respectively (these are approximate figures). This is necessary so that after gluing the roof (by the way, it is also advisable to glue it using a press), it can be sanded on the sides and thereby adjusted to the size of the car. Next, the roof needs to be given a convex shape - to do this, draw the roof profile from the ends and cut off the excess longitudinally. After this, we sand first with coarse sandpaper, and then with fine sandpaper. After this, coat the roof with glue and wait until it dries. We process with fine sandpaper and repeat the operation. Now you can glue the roof. If you can find something to hold it down with while it dries, that will be good. If the original has stiffening ribs on the roof, they are made in a similar way using threads. We coat the junction of the roof with the body with glue. After this, air intakes can be attached to the roof. We glue cardboard at the ends of the car to hide the joint, although, depending on the situation, you can do without it. Using toothpicks, transitional soufflés are made ( Rice. 4).
Let's talk a little about the insides. First you need to make a floor from 2-3 layers of cardboard. Next, we mark on it a diagram of the partitions, which, after cutting, we “put” on glue. The total height of the interior with the floor should be selected taking into account the height of the chassis. We glue the upper shelves to the walls, but the lower ones will most likely have to be glued to the floor. After this, a strip of cardboard 1 cm wide and 2 cm long less than the length of the car is glued on top of the partitions.
Now you can paint. It is advisable to use water-indelible paints. You can use aerosol, regular oil or special model paints. Next we use tape and brushes different sizes to obtain the desired color.
When everything is dry, we glue strips of transparent plastic on the inside of the walls of the car using double-sided tape. From the inside, we stick double-sided tape onto the roof, and then press the insides of the car to it. We again glue double-sided tape to the floor of the car from below and press it to it chassis (Rice. 5).
The car is ready!
Watch also the video on how to do it freight car from cardboard.
Tatyana Gurova
The wheels are knocking, knocking,
Our the train rushes into the distance,
And the smoke from the locomotive -
Whitish veil.
Half the sky closed from us,
And the steam locomotive “Tutu-tu,”
It buzzes, “I’ll be here before lunch.”
I'll bring the kids.
I'll arrive at the station,
Without delay, on time,
Then I'll go to the depot,
And I'll sleep there for an hour"
I. Shevchuk
Take a sheet paper A4 format and fold in half
Then, unfold the sheet and bend both sides towards the middle
Form a rectangle and cut it out of the strip paper window, paste
Then we cut out the circles and also glue them on.
That's it, one trailer is ready. Other trailers are made using this principle.
When we did train, the guys cut out the windows themselves from strips paper, and the wheels are made of squares.
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