New wagons
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I've been building a few wagons over the past few months, and I thought I would share some of my efforts.
First up is a Prestwin Twin Silo wagon from the Airfix/Dapol kit. It's assembled pretty much out of the packet. A bit of weight (to bring the total weight up to 50g) was put inside before the silos were finally assembled. Some of the components, such as the ladders, were thinnned down a bit, and the moulded grab rails on the platform round the silos were replaced with new grab handles made from brass wire. The buffers will also be replaced, with sprung Oleo buffers from MJT. The wheels were replaced with Bachmann items, running in the existing moulded pin point bearings. The chassis assemble square, and isn't compensated, although I would usually do so on wagons with more than a 10' wheelbase.
Next is a pair of BR shock absorbing vans. The left hand, plywood van, is from a Red Panda kit, assembled out of the packet with Bachmann wheels. The right t hand, planked van is from an old Bachmann model, fitted on a modified Ratio 10' WB chassis. The original Bachmann lvery was kept, the van body being weathered with a wash of Games Workshop Devlan Mud, followed by dry brushing with earth and rust colours.
Finally, a Vanwide. The original model was scratchbuilt from Plasticard many years ago following an article in the Railway Modeller (Feb 1968, I think) and rather shows its age. It was intended as a restoration of an old project, rather than a superdetailed replica.
With the exception of the planked shockvan, all the vans were sprayed with Precision LNER red oxide (I'd run out of BR bauxite) with weathering comprising a wash of burnt umber oil paint, followed by dry brushing with shades of earth and rust. Except on the Prestwin, transfers are by Fox. The Prestwin uses the original transfers from the kit, whiich have an all too aparent carrier film. I plan to do another one, which will use Fox transfers.
Next entry will be something a bit different, some Industrial engines.
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