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A few LMS wagons and a Ruston Bucyrus 19-RB

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Over the weekend I picked up two very cheap Airfix/Dapol wagons. Both of these had LMS origins and as I had two Ratio 10ft RCH underframes in my spares box I thought they'd make a nice couple of projects. So off with the original chassis' and the wagon bodies were put in a plastic bag with copious amounts of Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner and the paint speedily stripped off in less than an hour.

 

First up is the Dapol LMS three plank which I believe is based on a D1927 wagon. I think Mainline and now Bachmann use this moulding. The body was mated to the Ratio chassis and them given a coat of Halifords grey primer.

 

Wheels for both wagons are Hornby, and they were both weighted with alloy wheel self adhesive balance weights (10g).

 

I wanted to finish this wagon in wartime austerity livery-i:e the wood planks not being painted, just the iron work and underframe. A mixture of Games Workshop and Valejo acrylics were dry brushed on, followed by a mucky wash of Valejo black and dark earth.

 

The black panels were masked off and sprayed and HMRS transfers used to represent this wagon, that was in reality built at Derby in 1945.

 

A dusting of traffic grime on the underframe and wheels was sprayed using a mixture of Revell and Humbrol enamels before being sealed with Precision matt varnish to blend things all together.

 

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The second wagon started life as an Airfix private owner, but looking in my Essary and Morgan 'The LMS Wagon' identified it as a D 1892 wagon built in the mid-30's. I wanted this one finished in BR livery though as a fitted example.

 

The procedure was almost the same for this wagon, except I had to shorten the brake levers and sourced 4 more brake hangers from the spares box. Finishing as above.

 

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Finally, I recently got one of those Hornby Trackside Ruston Bucyrus 19-RB excavators and thought it to would make a great little project. The worst thing about this model is the solid cast chassis and caterpillar tracks. I wanted to try and make it more realistic and bring out the detail.

 

The chassis was taken off and sprayed with red primer, followed by spraying the underframe and running gear with an Humbrol grey enamel I had to hand. Then each of the links on the caterpillar tracks was sprayed in a variety of Humbrol/Revell enamel shades of black and brown to give some variation. This was followed by a dark wash of thinned enamels and left to dry.

 

Then, some MIG weathering powder was used-dry and wet to represent earth on the tracks and running gear.

 

The body was then attacked. I lightly sprayed Revell No:365, which is a slighty lighter shade of green compared to the factory finish around the central area of all the panels to represent fading. Once dry a dark wash was applied and wiped off before finishing with some MIG Powders. Then the chassis and body were sealed with Precision Matt varnish.

 

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Three quick projects and two cheap wagons to boot. Perhaps not one for rivet counters but this project used up some left over bits in the spares box and gives a fare representation of these LMS wagon diagrams. In some respects it shows how well Airfix/Mainline produced such good quality mouldings in the 70's/80's, and by updating the running gear a reasonably cheap wagon can be made-or two! :wink_mini:

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Jamie

Ohhh, I've been on the lookout for similar 1980s relics in the 'scrap trays' at exhibitions. Your pictures show them to be well worth continuing with my trawling.

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Hi Jamie,

 

Thanks.

 

Yep, there's some good stuff out there. I was even tempted into buying an Airfix 'Lyles Golden Syrup Van' that looks like it may be another LMS diagram. Not sure how accurate this one is though?

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The LMS-design vans on Cully are based on those.

One was a "Lyles" van, a donor body here still waiting is gorgeous yellow, think it's Persil livery.

 

Stick a Parkside underframe (one with J-hanger suspension) under it, and you have a decent BR built, LMS pattern van of some sort. Apols for not knowing diagrams, but I can never remember these things.

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I knew I'd seen one somewhere before! :laugh_mini2:

 

I'll have a look in me book.

 

Lyle's Golden Syrup here we come!

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Lovely work on those wagons and the extra work on the RB has really paid off. Those tracks look just right now. As a young boy in a growing town I paid more than normal attention to earth moving equipment and I remember tracks looking that way!

 

Dave.

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Thanks Dave,

 

An unhealthy obsession with earth moving equipment eh? ;)

 

Think mine was bird watching-of the feathered variety!

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wiggoforgold

These look nice. I've done both the wagons. I used a Parkside chassis for the D1927 and made a fitted one.

I've got an unmade kit for the RB19 made by a company called Torcraft and picked up at an exhibition years ago. Your pictures prompt me to make a start. Theres a nice pic of the inside of a 1/35 one on the Accurae Armour website.

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PS. Nothing wrong with the Golden Syrup van that can't be solved with a coat of paint and a new chassis. Strictly, I think its a model of a BR built version of the LMS design..Its got vertical strapping that was a retrofit to some of the earlier ones, so its slightly different to the Ratio one.

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Very nice work Mark

 

Colouring and weathering looks spot on...without overdone.

 

Is that a small diorama they are sitting on...or the start of the new layout perhaps? :P

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Thanks Alex for your comments. As I've said on your blog I'm going to have a go at the 'Golden Syrup' Van next time I see one.

 

Is that a small diorama they are sitting on...or the start of the new layout perhaps? :P

Thanks as well Pete.

 

New layout-not yet but I'm thinking of going off to the timber merchants this morning for a quote, so hopefully a layout isn't too far away. Need to make my mind up what I want to do as space is a premium and I've got three ideas floating around in my head. Reading a few Iain Rice books too for inspiration or should that be perspiration! :biggrin_mini2:

 

Yes-It's a very small diarama-very small. I should make a bigger one and put a back on it as well for photographic purposes.

 

Now where'd I put the Lynx! :laugh_mini:

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Now where'd I put the Lynx! :laugh_mini:

 

Is it that hot in the UK....or are you referring to the effort required to make the baseboards?... 8)

 

Small or not, the diorama serves the purpose so I would keep it as is and crack on with said layout.

 

If you look at Sandhills excellent blog, he doesn't appear to use backscenes, just careful positioning of it in the landscape prior to fotting...

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