Post by tjdreams on Jan 27, 2019 13:22:14 GMT -5
What's the best way to temporarily secure a load to a flat car?
At the last show i tried to run some of AZL's 89' flats with military loads and quickly found out that the Woodland Scenics "Sticky Spots" i had used to hold the loads in place didn't work as well as i had hoped. And Now 3 months later Just getting around to putting them away in their original boxes I find that Some loads held ok while others would not sit flat and even more just came loose.
So now i'm looking for a better way to hold the loads in place.
I thought about CA or maybe UV type glue but then they would be permanently attached them to the cars.
A while back i picked up some 1/16 diameter 1/32 thick disk magnets and had thought about drilling a shallow hole in the underside of the turrets and a matching hole in the tank bodies to hold the turrets in place, but never got around to trying it. Now i'm wondering if i could just use magnets to hold the loads in place on the cars?
It would be easy enough to glue a tiny magnet to the top of the car and another to the underside of the load But what would this do to the value of the cars and their loads?
I've also thought about drilling a tiny hole in the underside of the cars center beam and inserting a small magnet. This would leave the top of the car looking neat and clean with no permanent marks or glue spots.
So i guess my question is do you think Magnets will work ?
And would there be any negative side to using magnets?
At the last show i tried to run some of AZL's 89' flats with military loads and quickly found out that the Woodland Scenics "Sticky Spots" i had used to hold the loads in place didn't work as well as i had hoped. And Now 3 months later Just getting around to putting them away in their original boxes I find that Some loads held ok while others would not sit flat and even more just came loose.
So now i'm looking for a better way to hold the loads in place.
I thought about CA or maybe UV type glue but then they would be permanently attached them to the cars.
A while back i picked up some 1/16 diameter 1/32 thick disk magnets and had thought about drilling a shallow hole in the underside of the turrets and a matching hole in the tank bodies to hold the turrets in place, but never got around to trying it. Now i'm wondering if i could just use magnets to hold the loads in place on the cars?
It would be easy enough to glue a tiny magnet to the top of the car and another to the underside of the load But what would this do to the value of the cars and their loads?
I've also thought about drilling a tiny hole in the underside of the cars center beam and inserting a small magnet. This would leave the top of the car looking neat and clean with no permanent marks or glue spots.
So i guess my question is do you think Magnets will work ?
And would there be any negative side to using magnets?
