Stock for Brent 1947 GWR

I never could understand the point of moulding the chassis structure underneath . You can't see it and it frequently gets in the way - as here. It seems to have been a 70s idea that turned out not to be so good - Slaters and Airfix did the same with wagon kits , and with old Cambrian wagon kits there was a moulding to glue in place . I left it off the kit I built , after using it as an assembly jig.....

I never could understand the point of moulding the chassis structure underneath . You can't see it and it frequently gets in the way - as here.

Doesn't it impart some degree of rigidity into what is, after all, a key component of the wagon?

Doesn't it impart some degree of rigidity into what is, after all, a key component of the wagon?

 

Having built four of my own Tim and removed the webbing on each occasion I haven't noticed any difference, the floor is quiet thick. Parkside container wagons though are a different ball game, as the plastic webbing there does really firm it up.

 

Regards,

 

Nick

Not found any issue so far with the rigidity of the 5 planks or the cattle wagon chassis that have worked on so far. But will bear that in mind when I get started on container wagons. Hopefully Criag will have some sort of replacement chassis for them!!!

 

In the mean time it appears that my Coopercraft order hasnt worked, so hopefully will get that going

 

Took the dog for a walk past Horrabridge station last weekend,

I never could understand the point of moulding the chassis structure underneath .........

 

............. because the protoype has the same configuration of support members.

The prototype is made of metal and wood, and has many more components in its break system that are ignored

Why stay true to a detail that can't physically be seen even in the closest of close ups