Cracking on
Entry posted by Erudhalion in Rolling stock
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Look at that, two posts less than a year apart!
The crane is now very very nearly finished. As I hope you can see, I've added the jib retaining chain and fashioned a hook for it with a piece of guitar string a and a tiny scrap of plasticard. The chain is not quite as long as I would have hoped, but not so short as to cause problems running (as far as I can tell using the three bashed up pieces of old Lima track I have at hand). I managed to damage the match truck's S&W coupling, so I've prised it off pending repairs.
I must say, although it is far from perfect, I am very happy with how it has turned out. I don't think I've ever built a kit as intricate, but I've managed to finish it off as I wanted.
The next item on the small coffee table/workbench is a loco coal wagon (diagram N30). I've gone for a slightly darker shade of gray (7:1 black to white as opposed to the crane's 7:2), the idea being that this would be a fairly new wagon. The plan is to give it a light weathering, mainly grime and coal dust. I need to scour the internet and the wagon bible for some reference pictures.
During the week my order from Cambrian managed to find its way through customs, so now I have five mineral PO wagons and a shunter's truck to build. The kits themselves are (as usual) pretty good, but one minor disappointment is that it seems that at least some of the wheels are quite wobbly. I've seen from other threads on this site that it appears this is not unheard of with Alan Gibson wheels, but I wasn't overjoyed when I found out. Still, at least they look nice, I suppose.
I've started building the shunters truck, which, although maybe not the likeliest item of Forest of Dean rolling stock, I plan to fit with an S&W coupling on one end and a tension lock on the other, as I have a fair bit of RTR stock of various vintages which I might want to use. The S&W coupling should also let me install most of the DC brakegear's various brackets and shafts.
The toolbox is full of lead fishing weights, but I'm not certain if that will be enough, I'll weigh it today and see. I generally try to reach 30g with these short wheelbase wagons. A bit more would be better, but so far I've had trouble finding places to put enough lead.
Anyway, progress!
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