C30-7 radiator detailing

[jp68]

Guys, I'm building an Atlas C30-7 and am looking for options for detailing that awful looking radiator section. I'm thinking of using some sort of wire mesh but dont have a clue as to what size to use. Any ideas? Thanks.

[simulatortrain]

I am going to be doing this to some U-boats soon. I do not have these materials yet, but these are my plans

www.model-dockyard.com/acatalog/Scale_link_Mesh.html for the top

A piece of sheet from Mcmaster-Carr perforated with round holes for the sides. I don't remember which part number offhand, but it should work well. A sheet was $50-75, but with enough material to do all the GEs you could ever want. I planned on finding some kind of zigzag material to use as a die set and form the sheet into the correct shape.

I am probably going to 3d print some dynamics and radiators when the time comes. I've never seen a U-boat radiator, but I understand the cores are different than on -7s.

[jp68]

Thanks for the link, that's some nice looking stuff! The square grid mesh is what I need to do the tops of the radiator, seems like I read the proto had 2'' squares maybe? That's a good idea for the side intakes, maybe use brass shapes for the form then sorta bend the material around it. Thanks again.

[santafemikie]

Hu Guys,

I did several Atlas C-30-7's about ten years ago using some 1 MM square screen and some Cannon GP35 radiator screens as radiators. I cut the frames off two adjacent sides of the radiator screens and glued them together. This created a piece that looks much like the actual ones did. After I filed ALL of the model screens out of the Atlas radiator cover, I fitted a frame of .015" X .030" Evergreen around the inside of the 4 holes in the Atlas part recessed down from the top to form a ledge for the metal screen. This was as done in an article in the ATSF Historical & Modeling Society's Fourth Quarter 1997 Warbonnet by Greg Fuhrmann.

[jp68]

Nice work Mike! I appreciate the information.