It's almost 1am! and I need sleep!
But not before I boast my latest update at you unfortunate few!
I've been building up my wagons (three to be precise) a coal wagon, an open general merchandise wagon and a box van, all from IP engineering.
But not content with the basic appearance of the finished article I decided to give them a bit of do over.
The sole bars had some plastikard pieces added to represents some iron parts for the supports as well as a builders plates. Some of the 00 gauge track pins became useful again as rivets and bolts.
I also simulated a brake gear from some spare plywood from the kits (always keep them, they do come in handy!)
For the general open wagon and the van, I am going to add some vacuum pipes but they too needed a little modification so out came some brass rod and plastic tubing. I am also going to add a tarpaulin hood on the open wagon negating any upper body detailing..
As the coal wagon is to be exposed, I decided to add some plastic strip to represent as the metal strip you can see on open wagons (but rarely modelled!)
I also gave the corner brackets some chain kept in place by some copper loop.
In other news, I finally managed to get Jemima steaming and I was well impressed with her.
Even Ted the driver was happy to be at the regulator.
Mind you, not everything went to plan!
For a more in depth look and for my terrible overview of York Expo, please do visit my blog... the link is somewhere!
http://sylviantennantmodelling.wordpress.com/author/sylviantennant/
there it is!
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