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HO Pacific Electric Hollywood or Valley Seven
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Product Description
This is an easy to assemble kit of a Pacific Electric Hollywood car with the pre-1940 as-delivered or slightly upgraded "Valley Seven" appearance.
The kit comes in 9 pieces. There are two sides, two ends, two end floors with controllers and brake stands, two "Valley Seven" destination signs and a roof. The parts sometimes arrive a bit warped. Wash them with simple green and an electric toothbrush, then use a hairdryer on high heat to straighten any warping.
DO NOT USE INCANDESCENT BULBS in the headlights - they will melt the plastic.
Floors and sideframes are sold separately (due to being made of a different material) in my Shapeways store, and are designed to fit a bowser PCC mechanism with 26" wheels, available from custom traxx. Decals are also available from custom traxx and from microscale.
To assemble use ACC or CA (superglue):
1. Glue end floors into ends as centered as possible. You'll note the end floor is designed to overlap the floor in the end below the windows. Don't worry if you're not perfectly exactly even side to side. I left a little slop in the design here.
2a (Optional) - If you're going for perfection I reccomend sanding the ends of the roof to remove the ridges left by the printing process before gluing.
2b. Glue only one end to the roof, as perfectly centered as you can get it.
3. Apply glue along the length of just one of the roof's carside attaching strips. Install the side and butt it tightly to the end you installed previously. DO NOT GLUE THE END TO THE SIDE AT THIS TIME. We will accomplish that in final alignment.
4. There should only be one end installed at this point. Do not install the second end yet.
5. Using the same technique in number 3, glue the second side to the roof and butt it tightly to the same end as the other wall.
6. Glue the second end to the roof and butt it up against the sides.
7. Align your walls to your ends so that the anticlimber lines up perfectly on the blind corners and the end doors are slightly recessed from the corner posts. Add a drop of glue to set the corners rigidly.
8. Add the optional "Valley Seven" destination signs to the roof with a dab of glue on each of the six mounting legs.
The kit comes in 9 pieces. There are two sides, two ends, two end floors with controllers and brake stands, two "Valley Seven" destination signs and a roof. The parts sometimes arrive a bit warped. Wash them with simple green and an electric toothbrush, then use a hairdryer on high heat to straighten any warping.
DO NOT USE INCANDESCENT BULBS in the headlights - they will melt the plastic.
Floors and sideframes are sold separately (due to being made of a different material) in my Shapeways store, and are designed to fit a bowser PCC mechanism with 26" wheels, available from custom traxx. Decals are also available from custom traxx and from microscale.
To assemble use ACC or CA (superglue):
1. Glue end floors into ends as centered as possible. You'll note the end floor is designed to overlap the floor in the end below the windows. Don't worry if you're not perfectly exactly even side to side. I left a little slop in the design here.
2a (Optional) - If you're going for perfection I reccomend sanding the ends of the roof to remove the ridges left by the printing process before gluing.
2b. Glue only one end to the roof, as perfectly centered as you can get it.
3. Apply glue along the length of just one of the roof's carside attaching strips. Install the side and butt it tightly to the end you installed previously. DO NOT GLUE THE END TO THE SIDE AT THIS TIME. We will accomplish that in final alignment.
4. There should only be one end installed at this point. Do not install the second end yet.
5. Using the same technique in number 3, glue the second side to the roof and butt it tightly to the same end as the other wall.
6. Glue the second end to the roof and butt it up against the sides.
7. Align your walls to your ends so that the anticlimber lines up perfectly on the blind corners and the end doors are slightly recessed from the corner posts. Add a drop of glue to set the corners rigidly.
8. Add the optional "Valley Seven" destination signs to the roof with a dab of glue on each of the six mounting legs.
Details
What's in the box:
Hollywood or Valley Seven
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Success Rate:
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Rating:
Mature audiences only.
