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The 1/50 project, A low loader wagon


Dave John

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I have been running trains on Kelvinbank. Some cleaning needed but things are running smoothly with one slight annoyance. That tool/riding van I butchered from a Hornby brake. I got annoyed with the wheel flanges hitting chairs and rattling so I swapped the wheelsets out for a proper pair of 51L EM  ones. Ahhh, much better…..

 

That left me with a pair of 14.2 mm 00 wheels rolling about on the bench. Not going to be used on Kelvinbank, but in 1/50 th thats 710 mm dia. Perhaps a bit small, but that got me thinking about wagons with small wheels. For instance low loaders.

 

A sheet of styrene through the silhouette, masterclub rivets and bolts, some bits of brass tube and wire.

 

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I reckon that looks reasonable. A nice relaxing build, inexpensive, bit of imagination thrown in. Gets those wheels off the bench too.

 

 

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Nice relaxing, inexpensive build? You can change that be adding the most complex shaped load manufactured from purest gold.

David

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It is a thought. I do like wagons in use with realistic loads so long term I will add one, though probably not gold. Those tie down loops are fully working. 

 

I am still trying to work out where in the world all this odd metre gauge stock runs. I think I may have to invent a country. 

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I visited this preserved Vicinal line at Érezée in the Ardennes recently and travelled in this smoky diesel railcar and trailer.  Their snow plough was rather interesting too.

 

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Thanks Adam, useful pics. The snowplough looks as if it has been built with parts from some sort of older vehicle. 

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That last photo really works, even without any scenics. It's coming alive already.

 

Now of course you'll need to build a load for it. And all because of a spare wheelset!

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On 25/09/2023 at 20:55, Dave John said:

Thanks Adam, useful pics. The snowplough looks as if it has been built with parts from some sort of older vehicle. 

 

One of them being a Citroen Paris bus by the looks of it!

As a name for the layout, how about Xanadu, an idyllic place where everything as you would like it to be, with no prototype to worry about you'll have no problems with rivet counters!

 

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It is an interesting idea, though that would put the layout somewhere in what is now China. I'm vaguely thinking about the eastern Adriatic amongst other places. 

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