This is an etched kit for a Hudson side tipping wagon, of a type used extensively in the mining and quarrying industries for conveying spoil. The kit is etched nickel silver and comes with whitemetal buffers and turned brass bearings, wheels can be supplied at extra cost. Instructions cover 6 sides of A4. Before I go any further I should mention Adam's excellent thread on this kit.

I'm going to go into my usual level of detail about this build, unless anyone seriously objects! I enjoy writing up my builds, and often refer back to entries when building similar kits.

References:

Industrial Wagons An Introduction, David Monk Steel, IRS.

Robert Hudson Ltd., Alan J. Haigh, Moseley Railway Trust.

Modelling Further Aspects of the Coal Industry, Rob Johnson, Book Law Publications. Excellent photo on page 50.

Industrial Steam In Action, Roger Siviter, Great Bear Publishing. Colour photos on pages 31 and 46.

Industrial Steam, Ian Allan (publisher). Good colour photo on page 55 of a Hudson wagon fitted with handwheel operated brakes.

RailModel Digest 6 - Tim Shackleton on building the long-unavailable Chilton Ironworks kit.

To start with here's a photo of the etch, note that it has been redesigned since Adam built his and now includes coupling hooks and draw plates, something which I feel that every kit should include;

Note that there's two chassis frames, one for OO and the other for EM and 18.83.

The first job was to punch out the rivets on the body, I did this whilst it was still attached to the etch, using a gravity tool (note to self - 18mm drop). It would help if kit designers would include some half-etched dimples on a spare section of etch for setting up the tool. High Level already do this.

Here's the body, one edge has been folded already;

And folded up and soldered together (188 degree solder);

There's really nothing to say about folding the body up, apart from to say that the fit is excellent!

That's as far as I've got so far.

Paul.