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Free Fall Tower Ride Construction Log: 2
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Free Fall Tower Ride Construction Log: 2 / By: Matthew Rydzik, Monday, December 29, 2003 -
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Pictures are at the end, for a larger picture please click the image.
I have gotten quite a bit done on the model since the last log, but I have also hit a road block which I will describe later on. What I forgot to talk about in the last log was the tools that I use. For cutting the materials out I either use and x-acto or a little pair of plastic cutters I picked up at my local hobby store. For cutting some of the larger plastic pieces out I use the bigger x-acto saw. For gluing normal plastic pieces I use the Faller Plastic Cement and for quick drying I use
crazy glue.
So far one of the hardest parts of the model was cutting out the holes in the base for the legs to go though. I took the saw and cut right down it using the thicker part of the base as a guide, if you have the model you will
see what I am talking about better. I then attached the legs and added the decals to it. The decals are easier than the Wild Mouse ones because the instructions on these say you can run them though soapy water to make them easier to place.
While the decals were drying I started work on the engine that is going to be mounted on the bottom of the base. This installation was straight forward, the only hard part was getting the metal fittings to fit inside the
plastic mold.
After I had the base done I moved onto the car. The car has 16 of the small wheels that you see to the right, it took me about 2 minutes a wheel. I then attached them to the car. I then moved onto attaching the wheels and the chairs.
To see if the car was made good I made one of the tower sections. When I first tried it the car would not move on its own up or down the tower, so I had to rework the wheels that I had placed on earlier to get more clearance.
Now comes the bad news, when I was building the tower I had to attach some small glass reed contacts, when I was putting one on I broke the end of it off rendering it useless, so I had to send to Germany for the new part. I have no idea how long it will take to get the park but when I do the next log will come!
   
   
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