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In answer to my question - when it has no wheels. I'm going to look at containers today. In particular the BP1 type.

 

This all started a out 10 years ago when I bought some cheap containers at a swapmeet. I looked on the internet and bought some POWsides transfers for them. I then researched and found the number provided by POWsides (BP-1723) was not the same as the containers I bought. The Containers and transfers were put away and forgotten about until 2 weeks ago.

 

I found the transfers when looking for some other ones. I checked the Atkins, Beard & Tourret wagon bible and found a picture of the exact container on page 518 (plate 712). The container is diagonally planked with doors in one end. The containers were purchased in 1936 as a batch of 5. There is a picture of 1722 on page 517 - looking closely, the diagonal planking is a different width!

 

I'd love to link to a photo of one, but they were very camera shy and I can't find any internet images of them. The same photos as in Atkins are also in Russell's wagon appendix as full page images.

 

I decided to scratchbuild one as a lockdown project. What info was in Atkins? Surprisingly, not much info available. No info on size and no diagram. I decided to try and draw a design based on the photos.

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Each square represents 3" or 1mm in OO. The shaded areas were to check that the transfers fitted.  I've guessed at 15' x 7'6" footprint.

 

Next, I scribed some plasticard and cut out the pieces.

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Stick together, add plastrut detailing and 10thou plasticard corner plates.

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Paint chocolate brown (still need to do the roof grey). I've never used POWsides dry transfers before (no links to company). I found them to be easy to use with a soft pencil. I haven't done that since Letraset in the 90s!

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I'm really pleased with the result. I think I will chain it permanently to a conflat but I need to give it 12 years worth of grime first.

 

Keep safe in the lockdown

 

Will

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That's an interesting prototype, with the fishbone pattern. I had a look in Atkins et al, those rollers underneath to move them are an interesting feature too.

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4 hours ago, Mikkel said:

That's an interesting prototype, with the fishbone pattern. I had a look in Atkins et al, those rollers underneath to move them are an interesting feature too.

Thanks for your comments Mikkel, hoping to encourage others to add something different to their layout. And it only takes a couple of hours to build.

Will

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2 hours ago, down the sdjr said:

Looks really good. What scribing tool do you use?

Thanks down the sjdr,

 

I use the point of a compass to make marker holes at the edges of each piece before I cut it out. Then I use a Stanley knife lightly scoring literally to 'join the dots'.

 

Other methods / tools are available but it seems to work for me.

 

Will

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