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HHA Aggregate Hopper Conversion - Building

daz9284

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The next stage was to put the sections back together.

 

Firstly I glued the chassis back together and I used the parts of the cut off ends of the hopper doors to aid with strength. At the same time I cut some spare plastic that I had (used an old store card) to fit the width between the two hopper dividers and the width of the vertical hopper bay seperator (you will see what I mean in th pictures below).

 

While the glue was setting I glued the hopper sides together, after making sure they fit the chassis.

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After the glue on the chassis had set I then worked on finishing the new vertical hopper bay seperator. I cut off 8mm from the bottom of the seperator and used part of it to fill in the gap on top of the flat piece of plastic that I had glued onto the chassis. IIRC I think the strips were about 30mm x 8mm but they depend on how well the cutting and glueing has gone. I then glued the vertical hopper bay seperator into place.

 

Once the glue had set I painted the parts black to see how they looked.

 

 

 

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The last part for this stage is to put the parts back together to see how they look. I'm pleased to say that I'm happy with the results!

 

 

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Next is painting and transfers.

 

I have been told that the grey WH Davis use is RAL 7042 but on a model, this looks too dark so I'm going to gamble with a lighter shade of grey.

 

Regarding transfers I'm going to see if Railtec will make them, otherwise it will be a case of buying various packs and finishing off with making my own. I haven't found any side on pictures yet of the wagons so I'm unsure what all the labels are.

 

Enjoy.

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pharrc20

I saw five of these tagged on to the rear of the Tunstead to Bredbury aggregates stone train this afternoon whilst at Peak Forest. It looked like they have kept their original number upon conversion I think.

Cheers Paul

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15 hours ago, pharrc20 said:

I saw five of these tagged on to the rear of the Tunstead to Bredbury aggregates stone train this afternoon whilst at Peak Forest. It looked like they have kept their original number upon conversion I think.

Cheers Paul

yeah they have kept their original numbers. If you see anymore and an get some side on shots of the text/labels on the side if would be really appreciated

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pharrc20

Found a report in a back issue of Rail Express on these wagons it seems the conversion of these HHAs compared to the GBRf HYAs was less straightforward having to reduce from 4 down to 2 chutes rather than 3 to 2 on the HYAs. I took some photos of the hoppers on the end of the Bredbury but not the best as dull and drizzling and moving of course.

Cheers Paul

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