UNION CITY PASSENGER DEPOT

All aboard! Passengers are now enjoying the brand-new passenger station in Union City, Tennessee.

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

To bend and bend again

Omscaler is happy to report that cab walls are attached to cab floors. The next step is cab roofs. Hence the phrase written above. If one studies the shapes involved, you will see compound curves. Also, you will see compound curve cuts. All of these provide more fun than one can imagine. First, a piece of sheet card stock will be cut to cab length. This is the easy part. Then the piece must be curved to the shape of the cab roof. Not so easy. The curve right above the window is a relatively small radius. This radius becomes somewhat large toward the center of the roof. On each side of the rear of the cab roof are the aforementioned compound curve cuts. When omscaler completes all these, he will pat himself on the back. Working toward self congratulation, omscaler