StNicholas [serial] . tter-dishes of one size for the graveltrain, which may consist of three, four, or, per-haps, five cars; a longer train would be difficultto manage. For each car you must make atruck, which holds the wheels and carries thecar. Use strong pasteboard for the truck, butfirst cut a pattern of smooth paper like Figure truck must, of course, fit its car, and the sizeof the truck will depend upon the size of the car,but in any case the length of the floor of thetruck, from B to B (Fig. 8), must be the same asthe length of the dish measured across the topfrom edge to edge, a
StNicholas [serial] . tter-dishes of one size for the graveltrain, which may consist of three, four, or, per-haps, five cars; a longer train would be difficultto manage. For each car you must make atruck, which holds the wheels and carries thecar. Use strong pasteboard for the truck, butfirst cut a pattern of smooth paper like Figure truck must, of course, fit its car, and the sizeof the truck will depend upon the size of the car,but in any case the length of the floor of thetruck, from B to B (Fig. 8), must be the same asthe length of the dish measured across the topfrom edge to edge, and the -width of the floor ofthe truck from B to C (Fig. 8) must be the sameas the width of the bottom of the dish. The ends, 258 BUTTER-DISH TOYS [Jan., D, D, should extend two and a half inches be- F and F are not cut completely out nor bentyond the floor, and the sides, E, E, which form either up or down, but are left extending directlythe axle-guards, should be one and one eighth _ out from the floor of the FIG. 7. A TRAIN OF CARS. inches deep from the dotted line to the straightedge (Fig. 8). Draw the oblong for the floor of the truck first,add the sides and ends, and then cut the patternout. On one of the sides, E, draw the scallopsas in Figure 8, which will give three axle-guards,one directly in the middle and one at each fold the pattern lengthwise through themiddle, edge to edge, and, following the lines you Make dots on your pattern where you see themin Figure 8. There is a dot at the edge of eachend-piece and three dots on each side-piece, one inthe middle of each axle-guard. These last dots
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