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Dora 1/35
- Thread starter fledermaus
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fledermaus
Master at Arms
Hi to all and thanks for your comments, here with an update on the Dora, work continues on the 8 cars brake system and wheels.
The brake system is very detailed and has many parts making it time consuming
The wheels and axles are cleaned and ready to install
With the brakes finished I installed the sides of the car followed by the wheels, the walls snaps in to place neatly and also have bolts to secure and reinforce it.
All the parts glued in place
Next upper part of the car is detailed and the side ladders are assembled, please note that the parts position are reversed on the instructions, so part 19 goes on the upper side and 20 goes down.
The front of the car is also very detailed and the coupling mechanism is movable.
Side and top details
The other end car
This two were once a long 10 axle car, you can see the differences between each.
Now you have four of each, 4 for the front and four for the back of the main carriage.
Finally I made 8 end plates out of styrene sheet to cover the end of each car were it was cut
After the cars are finished I took a look at the aluminum rails and noticed it look oversize,
so I search on other Dora builds and confirmed the rails are too big. The rails are 8mm tall by 7.1
Wide, compared to a regular trumpeter rail that is 5 mm tall by 3.1 wide. Here you can see the
Difference in size
A trumpeter figure with the aluminum rail
And both rails
The model comes with its own base; it is nicely detailed very strong and heavy but in my opinion
The ballast is way too big
next another problem encountered is that the width between the rails is 45mm on the Dora rails, the standard rail width is 41mm in 1/35 scale. So if I’m going to use the trumpeter rails I need to modify the wheels on all the cars to fit the trumpeter track. I searched again on other old builds and this guy discovered that the inside spacer on the wheel is 2 mm Width, so by removing it the inside width can be adjusted to 41mm, yes! All this means the original base is not going to be used unless I can come with an idea of how to. So by now I will keep working with trumpeters
Now I have to carefully remove all the axles from each car to make the modification, remove 2mm from inside each wheel
So with my dremel I removed the plastic, leaving it level is exactly 2mm
Now it looks like this
All installed in place again, the wheels are dry mounted so if I want to use the original rail with the original base all you have to do is move the wheels to the side and it will be 45mm again
So I tested the car on a trumpeter track and it worked perfectly
With this the cars are finished, now I started to work on the bridges that go between each set of cars.
thanks for watching!
Abdin
The brake system is very detailed and has many parts making it time consuming
The wheels and axles are cleaned and ready to install
With the brakes finished I installed the sides of the car followed by the wheels, the walls snaps in to place neatly and also have bolts to secure and reinforce it.
All the parts glued in place
Next upper part of the car is detailed and the side ladders are assembled, please note that the parts position are reversed on the instructions, so part 19 goes on the upper side and 20 goes down.
The front of the car is also very detailed and the coupling mechanism is movable.
Side and top details
The other end car
This two were once a long 10 axle car, you can see the differences between each.
Now you have four of each, 4 for the front and four for the back of the main carriage.
Finally I made 8 end plates out of styrene sheet to cover the end of each car were it was cut
After the cars are finished I took a look at the aluminum rails and noticed it look oversize,
so I search on other Dora builds and confirmed the rails are too big. The rails are 8mm tall by 7.1
Wide, compared to a regular trumpeter rail that is 5 mm tall by 3.1 wide. Here you can see the
Difference in size
A trumpeter figure with the aluminum rail
And both rails
The model comes with its own base; it is nicely detailed very strong and heavy but in my opinion
The ballast is way too big
next another problem encountered is that the width between the rails is 45mm on the Dora rails, the standard rail width is 41mm in 1/35 scale. So if I’m going to use the trumpeter rails I need to modify the wheels on all the cars to fit the trumpeter track. I searched again on other old builds and this guy discovered that the inside spacer on the wheel is 2 mm Width, so by removing it the inside width can be adjusted to 41mm, yes! All this means the original base is not going to be used unless I can come with an idea of how to. So by now I will keep working with trumpeters
Now I have to carefully remove all the axles from each car to make the modification, remove 2mm from inside each wheel
So with my dremel I removed the plastic, leaving it level is exactly 2mm
Now it looks like this
All installed in place again, the wheels are dry mounted so if I want to use the original rail with the original base all you have to do is move the wheels to the side and it will be 45mm again
So I tested the car on a trumpeter track and it worked perfectly
With this the cars are finished, now I started to work on the bridges that go between each set of cars.
thanks for watching!
Abdin
phantom II
Master at Arms
Very much impressed so far and you're just getting started . 
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
fledermaus
Master at Arms
Ed, Mike, Dave thanks guys
Ed thats why It took me 8 years to finally have one, I end paying 560 with shipping, I think I did a good buy. Still a expensive model.
Swordman I already have the woodland ballast, I want to try to use the original base. Maybe end sanding it and using the trumpeter tracks with the
Woodland ballast, dont know yet.
Thanks Christian
Ed thats why It took me 8 years to finally have one, I end paying 560 with shipping, I think I did a good buy. Still a expensive model.
Swordman I already have the woodland ballast, I want to try to use the original base. Maybe end sanding it and using the trumpeter tracks with the
Woodland ballast, dont know yet.
Thanks Christian
Lots going on, Abdin, moving the wheels inside some, does that change the striking point of the breaks against the wheels?
fledermaus
Master at Arms
Hi moon puppy, actually the brake pads are now in the correct position against the wheels. If you look at the first photos of the wheels and the one after the change you can notice how the pads now are in the correct position, weird right?
Ahhh....then it looks like they planned on the brakes being correct, wasn't like someone measured wrong, axle too wide or whatever. Nice!
... That is a good deal! I could've gotten one for about half that if I had the money. I would've had to go get it tho...
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Tremendous work. This is a thrill to follow along with this. All that detail looks stunning.
fledermaus
Master at Arms
Thanks guys, working on it every day, more soon 
fledermaus
Master at Arms
Hi, here with another update on the Dora build, started to work on the bridges connecting the cars.
Here one of the bridges, very nice details, even the welding on the sides is all there.
First the PE wire mesh is installed
Next the small 2 steps ladders are constructed, they made the ladders with only double tubes
As steps, in my opinion and after looking all over the book I don’t think it is right. So with balsa wood I constructed the steps for each ladder.
In this photo you can see what I mean by double tubes steps, and the new wood step
The finished ladder looks way better with the wood steps
Now the storage boxes on front of the cars are modified, the hinge details are too big, so with a
Small file I sanded it down to a more to scale size.
Now that the hinges are resized I added details and latches to the small access door on top of the box
Also handles made with copper wire
The other box is detailed also
The strange looking locking system is my interpretation of it after melting my eyes looking at the photos on the Taube book
Some rivet details were added with archers resin rivet detail decals
Here the ladders and boxes in place
Now I moved to the installation of the hand rails, as you can see this are way too tall, to the trumpeter figure body it is up to his chest.
I’m thinking between cutting it down to the correct high or replacing it with brass rod.
Thanks for watching
Abdin
Here one of the bridges, very nice details, even the welding on the sides is all there.
First the PE wire mesh is installed
Next the small 2 steps ladders are constructed, they made the ladders with only double tubes
As steps, in my opinion and after looking all over the book I don’t think it is right. So with balsa wood I constructed the steps for each ladder.
In this photo you can see what I mean by double tubes steps, and the new wood step
The finished ladder looks way better with the wood steps
Now the storage boxes on front of the cars are modified, the hinge details are too big, so with a
Small file I sanded it down to a more to scale size.
Now that the hinges are resized I added details and latches to the small access door on top of the box
Also handles made with copper wire
The other box is detailed also
The strange looking locking system is my interpretation of it after melting my eyes looking at the photos on the Taube book
Some rivet details were added with archers resin rivet detail decals
Here the ladders and boxes in place
Now I moved to the installation of the hand rails, as you can see this are way too tall, to the trumpeter figure body it is up to his chest.
I’m thinking between cutting it down to the correct high or replacing it with brass rod.
Thanks for watching
Abdin