The roof will be hinged and can be flipped open to get to the driving tools inside the wagon. For the brakeman cabin this presents a problem. When the total roof has to be opened, the cabin would get in the way.
I therefore opted for a separate end piece, on which the brakeman cabin is fixed. The separation line is the where the extra insulation roof ends; just in font of the cabin.
A small piece of roof was made on the same method as the roof itself....
...but only two cross members are used.
To give the side some impact protection, an aluminium angle profile is glued at the sides.
Almost all the parallel clamps in use; together with a steel strip, to keep the edge as straight as possible.
But wood and glue; there is still some deformation.
For the brakeman cabin (Bremershaus) I bought a drawing from
Zander Heba. A great source for very detailed works drawings.
A full scale drawing can be obtained by Zander Heba.
The body of the brakeman cabin is cut from 4 mm MDF plate. This was done with the jigsaw and file.
Aluminium 15 x 15 x 2 mm profile is glued and screwed, to give this 'inner' body strength. This will be cladded with individual pine planks.
For transport and storage of the wagon, I decided to make the brakeman cabin detachable from the wagon. A clip will 'catch' the cabin.
On the wagon it is slides in these clips, positioning and holding the cabin bottom on the wagon.
The individual planks make it possible to get the direction of the grain of the wood right, as on the real wagon.
The front of will be later on glued on the separate roof part.
The complete cabin, without doors and windows of course, but already with the rounded top corners of the door.
A test fitting on the wagon.
