More wagons - mainly SR vans.
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I've not had much time to spend on modelling over the last few months, so I've concentrated on wagons. These are a lot easier to work on in small doses, and this has allowed me to finished quite a lot of models that have been lurking half finished or in the pile of unbuilt kits.
These two SECR vans are from the Cambrian kit. I didn't like the axlebox mouldings or buffers, so these were replaced with MJT and ABS parts respectively. I had to keep the plastic brake gear as I couldn't find a suitable replacement for the 9'9" lift link gear on these wagons.
The two meat vans are now finished - a Chivers SR van (l) and a David Geen LSWR refrigerated van ®. These are in the Southern's stone livery and finished in 1930s condition. As with the other Southern wagons the transfers are from HMRS. The David Geen kit took ages because of the fiddly brake gear, but the Chivers van was a doddle. I've now got another one of eBay to do.
A long time lurker is this Bachmann LNER brake van in 1960s condition (when brake vans were common user and LMS and LNER vans could turn up on the Southern - GWR vans were apparently not liked).
Bachmann's LNER van is basically a BR one with different foot boards, but none of the other detail differences. I did most of the work a few years ago (it's in one of the previous blog posts), but from memory the work involved replacing the axleboxes with LNER ones from MJT, new brake gear to replace the BR van type brake shows and replacement inner ends with no windows in the door (from an old Dapol kit, suitably modified). It also had new ventilators, flush glazing the hard way (from clear plastic sheet cut to shape) and plenty of reinforcing under the chassis when it started to go banana shaped. A lot of work, but I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
The Cambrian 'Dance Hall' from the previous post is now finished. It's based on a photo of one of these vans in a recent issue of the 'Southern Way' which shows a van in black with red ends (presumably a war time livery). The 'Not to work between Tonbridge and West St Leonards via Battle' boars don't seem to be available as transfers so are currently a few crude blobs of paint. This doesn't look too bad on the finished model - I've not been able to find any suitable transfers.
The Parkside GWR open is now done - not much to comment on this over the previous post, except that I managed to secure the sheet rail properly by super-glueing it to the ends. This made it a lot more secure compared to the original way of mounting it.
And lastly, two ABS kits. An early LMS fitted van and an unfitted LNER 5 plank open. Both have been built pretty much as indented, except for the fitting of an MJT inside bearing compensation unit. I do this with all ABS wagons as it avoids the need to get the sides (which have the axleboxes cast integrally) exactly parallel when assembling the body. I can only manage to get the bodies about 99% square, so this is a simple cheat!
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