One little Piggy! BR 1/003 Pig Iron Wagon.

[45568]

There  probably isn't a simpler wagon to build! I was inspired by the prototype picture in Paul Bartlett's invaluable resource,

https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brpigiron/e3484ee8d

The body is made from Evergreen styrene .030x.156" around a 16'6" Cambrian floor moulding. The end strengtheners are from evergreen .010x.040 strip, and the rivets are my first adventure with Archer rivet transfers.

 The headstocks are Evergreen channel .156 x 4.0mm, fitted with Mr. Franks' excellent buffers and coupling hooks. The underframe is a Parkside PA36 shortened to suit, the wheels are Dapol, with B2B adjusted to 14.5mm.

 Painting is Tamiya TS-81 Royal light gray from a spray can, transfers are from a wide variety of Modelmaster sheets, but#4698 provides the 'Pig Iron' transfers. All sealed with a couple of coats of Tamiya TS-13 Clear, to give a gleaming ex-works finish as per the photo. that inspired. I think weathering will be necessary! Photos of these wagons in service are like hen's teeth, buth I have picture of one in 1959, by now vacuum-fitted with brake gear both sides, in Bauxite paint..next project??

Seen here with a Dia.1/004 20T Pig Iron utilising a Trix body on a Parkside mix/n/match underframe. (It really is very shiny...)!

Very enjoyable, and an unusual model at the end of it!

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

 

[Fat Controller]

1 hour ago, 45568 said:

There  probably isn't a simpler wagon to build! I was inspired by the prototype picture in Paul Bartlett's invaluable resource,

https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brpigiron/e3484ee8d

The body is made from Evergreen styrene .030x.156" around a 16'6" Cambrian floor moulding. The end strengtheners are from evergreen .010x.040 strip, and the rivets are my first adventure with Archer rivet transfers.

 The headstocks are Evergreen channel .156 x 4.0mm, fitted with Mr. Franks' excellent buffers and coupling hooks. The underframe is a Parkside PA36 shortened to suit, the wheels are Dapol, with B2B adjusted to 14.5mm.

 Painting is Tamiya TS-81 Royal light gray from a spray can, transfers are from a wide variety of Modelmaster sheets, but#4698 provides the 'Pig Iron' transfers. All sealed with a couple of coats of Tamiya TS-13 Clear, to give a gleaming ex-works finish as per the photo. that inspired. I think weathering will be necessary! Photos of these wagons in service are like hen's teeth, buth I have picture of one in 1959, by now vacuum-fitted with brake gear both sides, in Bauxite paint..next project??

Seen here with a Dia.1/004 20T Pig Iron utilising a Trix body on a Parkside mix/n/match underframe. (It really is very shiny...)!

Very enjoyable, and an unusual model at the end of it!

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

 

I wonder how many caught light because the pigs hadn't been quenched enough? Nice models; I don't recollect having ever seen the early type, but the later sort finished their days as Coil wagons around Newport. They were amongst the last unfitted wagons in revenue service with BR.

[2996 Victor]

Hi Peter,

 

An interesting build and excellent result. I've got some rivet transfers to try out on my current scratchbuilds, so I was wondering how you got on with them?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark