I’m slowly painting 263 but some setbacks mean it is a bit of a waiting game. So as a background project I have been making this tank wagon.

It all started when I came across a foot of 38 mm o/d waste water pipe about to be thrown out. I squinted at it and thought that it looked about the right size for a tank wagon in 1/50.

Some styrene sheet and a bit of glue later and I had a tank.

I put it on a card frame and sat it on the track with 4 wheels under it. Somehow it looked wrong. Too long a wheelbase and overloaded. A simple sum suggested it would be 19 tonne capacity with a liquid with the same density as water. So I made a pair of bogies.

One thing leads to another. Having got a tank and a pair of bogies I needed a frame between the two. Bits of brass and a some soldering sorted that out.

I think it looks reasonable just sat together for a picture.

Details still to build, but a decent start.