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Twin Silo Presflo

Andy Y

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Jumping ahead to other bits of Keyhaven that may or may not get built at some point this year I picked up some Presflos with a view to altering them to reflect the twin silo variety that were initially used for ICI salt traffic and latterly for Slate Powder.

 

Paul Bartlett's site again provides useful reference content with various angles of these wagons - http://gallery6801.f...et/c121408.html

 

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The starting point was the Crown Cement liveried Presflo with the correct buffer types shown left and the adapted wagon on the right.

 

The principal difference to the twin silo version is just that, twin silos with separate feeds at top and bottom. After dismantling the wagon the hopper bottom was removed with a saw and a replacement with twin discharges was knocked up from 160gsm card..

 

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Although the wagon runs fine I decided to add some cheap weights whilst the top was off.

 

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The replacement piping was formed from 0.020inch round brass rod, the handrails from Alan Gibson .45mm wire, the small valve knobs from plastic rod cutoffs, one larger valve handle temporarily removed from another Presflo until I find a handle that better matches that in the prototype images and lastly brass offcuts for the notice panels.

 

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When considering the job I thought I'd have to use two wagons to generate enough bits but other than the valve wheel it was achieved from what happened to be lying around. Cheap job, takes about an hour.

 

I may get round to painting when I've done a couple more and sorted the transfers and found a definitive shot in salt livery.

 

 

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DonB

you put all us armchair modellers to shame! Nice little conversion, not even seen the possibility mentioned before.

Were these "calming therapy" after your recent server problems??

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Andy Y

I've managed to do a decent amount of modelling of late Don whilst not being able to do normal maintenance/development stuff on the software - quite enjoyed it. ;)

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Brassmasters and 51L have etched handwheels in their ranges which may suit. Have you made jigs for forming the pipework and step/roof handrails?

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Aha, finally I know what to do with all the foreign coins I'm always stuck with after travelling, and which just end up lying around anyway. Thanks for the tip Andy, and for sharing this very neat modification :icon_thumbsup2:

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James Hilton

Andy - great! I'd love a few of these evocotative wagons and your little modifications make them unique for you - I guess the inspiration came from REx? I fancied a short rake for my ficticious MSC railway in P4 :)

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Pete Piszczek

Neat conversion Andy, I like the brass piping! I've been fooling around with a rake of these and I'm terrified I'm going to damage the plastic pipes- they are very finely cast.

 

One comment though- you might want to use a bit more than adhesive tape to secure the coinage on the inside. I use epoxy resin, you really don't want the coins coming adrift and piling up on one side. Maybe not a big problem on a switching layout, but if the wagon ends up in a substantial rake, with grades and curves, that off center mass could be disastrous...

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Guest Phil

Neat conversion Andy, I like the brass piping! I've been fooling around with a rake of these and I'm terrified I'm going to damage the plastic pipes- they are very finely cast.

 

One comment though- you might want to use a bit more than adhesive tape to secure the coinage on the inside. I use epoxy resin, you really don't want the coins coming adrift and piling up on one side. Maybe not a big problem on a switching layout, but if the wagon ends up in a substantial rake, with grades and curves, that off center mass could be disastrous...

 

Interesting modd Andy - thanks for sharing.

 

Never thought of using coins - I have a tin full of Schillings, Groschen and Deutchmarks etc.

 

Is epoxy ok in the long term ? I'm a bit reticent after reading of PVA and lead shot. I also found that an old Liliput Eaos bogie open (similar to an EWS MBA) has distorted really badly after having a "load" in it for a few years. The "load" was formed of dense sponge with a layer of green "glass" on the top, and has wrecked the plastic body moulding.

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Pete Piszczek

Is epoxy ok in the long term ?

 

That's a good question. Coinage is usually made from fairly inert alloys; you don't want crap forming on them and then rubbing off in peoples' pockets. :O

 

I've been using five minute epoxy as my metal to just about anything else glue since the late eighties. It's changed color somewhat on older models where it is visible, but the resin hasn't deteriorated, crumbled or otherwise caused any issues.

 

I weight some of my UK stock with US nickels. Non-ferrous and heavy for their denomination.

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