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Getting back into it


QRModeller

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Well, I may have had my fingers crossed behind my back when in my last entry I said I'd try and update this more regularly! Basically, I was hit by a lack of motivation a couple of weeks after said last entry, and have only just got my enthusiasm back, largely thanks to attending this years Brisbane show.

 

 

So, what have I been doing recently? Up till last week, nothing! However, after practically doubling my rollingstock fleet with all the kits I bought at the show, I decided I should probably start building some of them!

 

My biggest purchase was the second last Wuiske/DJH A10 kit available, which I've decided to build as my entry for this years RMweb challenge, and so to get my practice back up, I'm going to build a couple of these new wagon kits first, starting with this:

 

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Another A Class wagon, this time by Caintode Flats.

 

This model depicts the last build type of these wagons of which there were only 10 built.

 

Open the bag and this is what was inside:

 

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Main body, floor/underframe, bag of bits, bag with decals, and they're a bit hard to see but three lengths of brass wire.

 

Open the bag of bits and we find:

 

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Whitemetal W irons, brakes, buffers and brake cylinder, delrin wheel bearings, wheels, another length of brass wire, solder, and a brass etch containing bits for the brake gear.

 

Building it didn't require any special tricks or techniques, I just followed the instructions, although didn't follow them in their printed order.

 

One set of W irons, both V hangers, brake cylinder and actuating lever glued on.

 

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Second set of W irons added as well as wheels. Brake rod and linking piece also added.

 

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Brake lever and peg bar added.

 

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Close-up of peg bar.

 

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Body, brakes and buffers added.

 

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Brake gear all linked up.

 

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Footsteps and T piece added.

 

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Finished! (almost!)

 

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Just need to paint, decal and weather it now, but I'll wait until I have a few more kits built and paint them all together. Also needs couplers adding but that will happen after painting.

 

Overall, an enjoyable build, if a little fiddly at times (although that could be me out of practice!), and was the first time I've soldered something that wasn't electrical wires! I'll need a few more of these eventually so now I know how easy they were to build, they'll be done in no time (once I've got them!).

 

 

That's all for now, and I can guarantee that the next update won't take six months to appear!

 

 

 

Matt.

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Glad you've found motivation again!  I tend to do more modelling in winter, when there's less attraction to being outside, so I guess you are in the opposite phase to those of us in UK.

 

Going back to an earlier post, I'd call that 'rod thingy' a 'tie bar' (or rod).  your latest build looks really neat; I especially like the peg bar for the brake lever.

 

Mike

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Cheers Mike,

 

I was amazed when I saw the peg bar on the fret, it was so fragile!! Doing the brake gear was actually quite fun, and even though it's been abbreviated, it was still interesting trying to work out how it would work for real on the full sized wagons!

 

 

Matt.

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