RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted November 9, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2017 I was wanting something different to do after the class 59 and I was flicking through LNER wagons vol. 2 and came across the section on traction engine wagons and Rectanks and wondered how big a job the 35t traction engine wagon would be, there is no drawing in the book but the NERA wagon diagram book has a decent drawing including a reasonable representation of the 'adjustable chocks'. It's built from plasticard and strip with ABS whitemetal bogies, probably from the rectank as the springs are slightly different, I'm not worrying about this too much though. There's still more lettering to do yet. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Barry O has something similar to that which runs on Grantham. Do you read Dave Jobling's thread on the LNER forum? He turns out little scratchbuilt wonders like that, although not quite so quickly. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
49395 Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Very nice Paul Which buffers have you used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted November 10, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 10, 2017 Barry O has something similar to that which runs on Grantham. Do you read Dave Jobling's thread on the LNER forum? He turns out little scratchbuilt wonders like that, although not quite so quickly. Not seen it before but have now, thanks, some good stuff there. Very nice Paul Which buffers have you used? Fettled up out of plastic rod with 51L buffer heads. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted November 26, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2017 Been building a few wagons lately and thoughts turned to all those wagons already built but without or incorrect number plates, these were drawn up on the computer and printed on ordinary paper on a laser printer, this makes them 'waterproof' in that inkjet ink will wash off but the laser toner won't. I gave them a grey background so that I didn't have to cut right in to the reversed corners. The words North Eastern really should be curved and I will try to sort this wnen I make the next batch, got to build more wagons then... Fixed to the solebar with Klear then given a coat over the top to seal them. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 26, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2017 Been building a few wagons lately and thoughts turned to all those wagons already built but without or incorrect number plates, these were drawn up on the computer and printed on ordinary paper on a laser printer, this makes them 'waterproof' in that inkjet ink will wash off but the laser toner won't. I gave them a grey background so that I didn't have to cut right in to the reversed corners. The words North Eastern really should be curved and I will try to sort this wnen I make the next batch, got to build more wagons then... IMGP0330-001.JPG IMGP0335-001.JPG Fixed to the solebar with Klear then given a coat over the top to seal them. IMGP0338-001.JPG Now there's a thought for all those Midland wagons of mine that share the half-dozen numbers on the Slater's pressfix sheet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cram Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 What type and size of font have you used? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 26, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2017 (edited) What type and size of font have you used? Or, pedantically rephrased, what typeface and font size? Of course the prototype won't match any modern type (or font, if one must) but at this size that's not a big deal. The key think is that it should have verticals and horizontals of roughly the same thickness - Arial Bold, though wrong in several respects, its probably near enough. In a package such as CorelDraw it can be stretch and manipulated to shape. It's what I used for my attempt at GWR cast plates. Edited November 26, 2017 by Compound2632 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted November 27, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2017 The numbers are Franklin Gothic Demi Condensed at 3.5pt, the letters are Arial at 1.5pt, the whole plate is just over 2.5mm high. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted December 13, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2017 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durham light infantry Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 20171213_215042.jpg Where is the PO & C3? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted December 14, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2017 Where is the PO & C3? It seems C3 is the same type of wagon but as you know, Private Owner wagons were few and far between in the North East... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 26, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2018 Having a little break from working on the layout and working on a couple of wagons I've wanted to have a go at for a while now, a couple of Hull & Barnsley opens - a 4 plank and a 5 plank. Basic structure complete, now for detailing. 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted February 26, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2018 Bolts added to the body of the 4 plank, I've done this one first as one group of 'rivets' on the archer sheet matches the spacing of the planks. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2018 Riveting Paul, just riveting... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2018 Very tidy job there Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 1, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2018 The first of the H&B wagons is done, will think about painting it when it gets a bit warmer outside. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted March 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2018 Obviously snowing up your way... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 It's snowing in the very west of Cornwall too. Has been since yesterday morning, and very cold.Packed ice on our un-classified roads round here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2018 Can I ask, just to cross-check with what Penlan's suggesting, which sheet from the Archer range you're using? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 1, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2018 Can I ask, just to cross-check with what Penlan's suggesting, which sheet from the Archer range you're using? Mine are from a mixed size sheet, when I got them I didn't know really which I needed, it's sheet AR88001. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 This is the S Scale starter sheet. Small in size, but..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 3, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2018 Second 5 plank wagon coming along slowly but surely, it seems the bolts didn't necessarily follow the planks so I have used the same rivet spacing as the 4 plank. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Paul, exactly which wagons are they? I will probably have prototype photo's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted March 4, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2018 Paul, exactly which wagons are they? I will probably have prototype photo's. Hi Mick, I'm using the drawing and photos of Diagram 1 in LNER wagons Vol. 2 pages 10 & 11. I was only building the 4 plank one but started measuring the 5 plank end of the drawing so decided to build one of each... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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