Tim Hale Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 As there doesn't seem to anything to report in this group, I thought that I might as well update my own moribund blog. And here it is Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hale Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 Three wagons have arrived for the project, all require rebuilding to varying degrees of complexity, the attraction is to build rather than just buy something and with the RTR costing almost £100, it will be cost effective to use older models which just need 'fixing-up' Here is the first, it is a Rivarossi open - nice chunky wagon with a lovely chassis; Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Hi Tim....it seems Rivarossi produced this wagon [wagen?? Vagen??] lettered for the railways of a number of countries? I have been 'collecting' [spur]O wagons and vans...and, it appears, looking at my storage shelves, quite a few [well, 3, but they are big] bogie tankers...for some time now.....to give my severely altered Lima shunter [Kof....or should I say 'cough?'] something to shuffle about when I get a plank sorted... Like you, I am not prepared to pay what I consider 'silly' prices for stuff....[car? O gauge wagon? Car? O gauge wagon?...oh, the car..and its brakes, wins every time..]...so I get what I can, when I can...a fiver here, a tenner there... I have two Rivarossi opens.....like yours, but one is a bit more of a red oxide-red , lettered for DB....and a green one lettered for Belgian railways... The DB one is marked up for Omm55... Is the moulding of a German prototype, then? I also found a Pola Maxi Om21 open...nice spoked wheels as well....but quite the largest diameter axles I've ever come across... Of course, the 'big issue' with these models is one of 'actual scale?' This I can see when comparing a Rivarossi [interfrigo] Insulated van....with similar from Lima..... the Lima one being around 5 mil shorter, and narrower... The Lima bogie [gas?] tankers are another story entirely........ More please?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrotract Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Here is my German Branch line stock doing the rounds! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hale Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Here is my German Branch line stock doing the rounds! How very interesting Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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