Simo’s Workbench

[Jesse Sim]

More wagons for Woolmer Green

 

Alrignt, bit of a big update this evening. 
 

First off we have those RTR bashed LNER Dia. 2 wagons. One featured earlier, it was one chosen for carrying horse , so here are the remaining three, with maybe two or three more to feature later on. 
 

As I mentioned earlier these are altered from various Bachmann wagons and majority of the work was changing the brakes, adding four door bangers (two each side), and repainting/lettering. The main let down is that the wagons are about 5 odd millimetres short. If I had a small layout where only a few wagons featured they might stand out, but four wagons spread out over different trains mixed in with 40 odd other wagons? I think they’ll be fine and they’re a good “layout wagon”. So… to disguise them even more they received some sheeted loads:

 

 

This particular one I originally had lettered as part of the CLC, but I decided to paint over and re- letter her in post 36 livery, I’ve seen this before in some photos. However I’ve left the pre-36 numbering for some

variation, as if the wagon is waiting for a complete re-paint. 

 

Another view of the same wagon showing the ends of my tarps. I do my tarps as if they’re real. I glue the top, leave it over night and then the sides and ends are pulled down and tied like the real thing, I think it looks more realistic. This wagon seems to be loaded with a crate perhaps, flat top and perfectly squared edges…

 

This will go perfectly along side this wagon; a whitemetal GCR variant (I forget the diagram) from Wizards models. She had a load origionally, that I did a few years ago, I wasn’t happy so I decided to re do her. Unfortunately it ruined the paint job, so, not having the same colour paint I decided to do a similar patch paint to the diagram 2. Using different shades of grey I use for LNER freight grey I painted over the areas that had lost paint in ways that showed the wagon had been repaired in areas and repainted quickly. I also had her lettered for the Cheshire lines, so I’ve left the L and repainted the left side and lettered her in post 36’ livery. 
 

I think it’s worked beautifully and really

shows a tatty in use wagon in dire need for repair. 

 

I also built the crate out of plastikard and I made the transfers on the computer. ‘CDS’ is a homage to my grandfather Charles (C), my mum Donna (D) and my dad Steve (S). The ‘Brighton’ has no relevance to the town in the UK, it’s another reference to my grandfather who’s trucking company was called Brighton Transport, no idea where he got Brighton from though…

 

 

Last, but not least, the LNER Flat T. I’ve repainted her back into grey like I said I would. The black just didn’t look right, even though technically she should be black being a steel underframe. 

 

She’s also had a load made up which has taken inspiration from photograph in Tatlows. 

 

It’s very hard trying to make it exactly the same, but it’s still turned out quite nice. I need to make more lashing rings still for her, but I would consider her finished.