12ft wagon morton brakes

[The Fatadder]

I need to source either an etch or a casting for single side Morton brakes for a 12ft wheelbase chassis to go under my GWR Mermaid kit bash project.

 

Having looked through the Wizard Models website I cant see anything suitable listed at that wheelbase, can anyone point me towards some suitable parts please?

[PMP]

Rich,

take a look through Ambis, Bill Bedford and Masokits ranges. They’re possible sources.

[The Fatadder]

So far ive

managed to find 10ft from Bill Bedford

and 11ft in the Wizard range, but no 12ft.

the 12ft brakes I’ve found are as part of a full chassis kit.  
 

I think the best option is going to be drawing up the brakes in CAD and cutting them in plastic 

[Guest WM183]

I think it would be pretty straightforward to use kit or etched brake parts and just build new push rods from brass strip. 

[Adam]

I think you can probably make up 12 foot wheel base push rod brakes (the ‘Morton’ bit was the clutch which was patented: not common on 12’ web wagons*), from some of the etched in the AMBIS range, but that’d be an unholy fiddle. Guy Rixon has done the assemblies as a 3D print: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/guyrixon

 

Not sure how easy it is getting things from Shapeways is right now, as I think they’re based in the EU, bu this is the only source I’m aware of.

 

Adam

 

* Some BR pipes had the clutch but I can’t think of any others. The RCH standard was the lifting link

which fulfilled the same function.