{"id":6536,"date":"2024-04-03T11:36:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6536"},"modified":"2024-04-03T11:36:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T10:36:45","slug":"david-andrews-princess-royal-fitting-the-cab-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6536","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Fitting the Cab Roof."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I asked a fellow modeller if he had fitted the cab roof yet, because it too has been yet another challenge to overcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason for the challenge is that the profile of the roof rib visible in the shot of the roof below is a different profile to that of the rear frame of the cab which supports the cab roof at the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_00012-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_00012-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6537\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_00012-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_00012-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_00012-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_00012-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_00012-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_00012-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Andrews Princess &#8211; Sliding roof Shutters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I first fitted it the front of the roof didn&#8217;t go anywhere near the front of the cab (it did fit when I first &#8220;rolled&#8221; it some time ago. To get around the issue I cut a front rib to fit just inside the cab front which brought the front of the roof into the right shape again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0001-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0001-969x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6539\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0001-969x1024.jpg 969w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0001-284x300.jpg 284w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0001-768x812.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0001-1453x1536.jpg 1453w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_0001-1938x2048.jpg 1938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Cab Fitting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;left a gap in the middle of the roof at the rear which I filled with solder (just visible in the photo below as is the additional rib at the front of the cab). Not very elegant but it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-New-Out99999-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-New-Out99999-1-900x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6538\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-New-Out99999-1-900x1024.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-New-Out99999-1-264x300.jpg 264w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-New-Out99999-1-768x874.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-New-Out99999-1.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Cab Fitting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I asked a fellow modeller if he had fitted the cab roof yet, because it too has been yet another challenge to overcome. The reason for the challenge is that the profile of the roof rib visible in the shot &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6536\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david-andrews-princess-royal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6540,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6536\/revisions\/6540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}