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Ernies 7mm Wagons - 21 ton MDV


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Again, not much modelling time today.

 

I tripped and filed the built up headstocks and started adding the sides from 2 layers of styrene sheet.  I scribed some planking on the top of the deck, I should have scribed some on the bottom to counteract the slight bending that occurred.  No time, so held it flat on a metal plate while the side was cemented in place...

 

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You can see where this end of the wooden headstock needs trimming back..

 

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You cannot see but it's now got the second side in place....

 

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Tomorrow first thing I'll scribe the bottom to ease any tensions that try and distort the body.

 

 

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Today Matthew I've been making some door bars....

 

This is the wheel bar on a Carfit wagon.  It can be used at two different heights and anywhere along the length.  There are leather straps to go around the axle and chains with rubber hose protectors to secure if required.

 

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In this wagon the traffic was probably new motor cars from Morris Cowley.  The prototype for mine probably carried a more random selection of vehicles and wheeled machinery.  I have therefore created a couple of faux wheel bars...

 

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The wheel bar is made from sprue with oddments of styrene added for some visual interest.  I might try a representation of the leather straps and chains.  One vehicle carrying wagon only allowed a small lengthwise variation of where the wheel bars sat.  So might add a metal capping to the sides...

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Today I’m rectifying an annoying twist. 
 

Being a modelling heathen I normally cure with packing between underframe and body. In this case it wouldn’t do. So I hacked out the low corner. 
 

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Then after a trim it was put into position. 
 

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So far so good....  Then the wagon was sat on a flat surface, the opposite corner weighted down and a wipe of solvent applied. 
 

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In a while when the solvent has “grabbed” but not gone solid, I’ll make any alignment adjustments then sit back down to set up. 

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  • The Bigbee Line changed the title to Ernies 7mm Wagons - Fixing a frame twist

With the twist sorted I thought I’d keep it straight. 
It was starting to look the part....

 

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In one of my many boxes of odds and ends I had a few weights from HO models. One from a caboose was just the job. 
 

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Fixed with 4 x 2/56 screws. 


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Ends and brake work next. 

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Test shot of end flap in position. I’ve also drilled the 4 holes in the sides. 
 

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Looking at my picture. The bases for the wood blocks, that support the flap when down, don’t line up with the buffer pilot holes..  That’s because the holes need adjustment. Had the same problem when the buffers were fitted to the other end...  I’d measured before the beams were adjusted for length. 

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I found some “good enough” V hangers in the scrap box. Using a piece of brass wire I’ve lined them up and cemented short lengths of evergreen tube in between. Now with some solvent applied they are propped with blocks while they dry. The brass wire will then be rotated to free it off and carefully extracted.  
 

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1 hour ago, The Bigbee Line said:

Spot the deliberate mistake....  Push rods the wrong way round. 
 

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Now removed and refitted. 

Ooopps..........

 

atb

 

Phil.

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Looking at pictures of tractors some were bright colours, but the muted colours seemed to better represent a tractor from the 1950s that was part of a farm move by rail. 
So out came some grey acrylic, using a brush I was able to get it into the nooks and crannies. 
There was a tip I’d seen used before where the bottom of the tyre was flattened. The vehicle then sits better. Out came the knife!  Plus the tyres also got a brushing of grey as they are not black in service. 

While the brush was out the unpainted plastic on the wagon got a first wash over...

What a transformation.....

 

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I now can weather to add rust marks etc. 

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Mark 2 centres for the 4 hole disc wheels. Take one lid of a takeaway coffee cup.  Cut out the flat bit.  Prick holes for the centre and the 4 holes. 
 

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Open up holes behind. Then bed in solvent. 
 

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One hole to file a touch more, then a thick layer of cement to bed it in. 
 

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When dry I’ll flow in a layer of thick paint. 

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