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Adam

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Leaping ahead with the Shochood, all the detailing, both of the body and chassis is now complete, though as the first photo shows, I've kept the detail to where you can see it. Planning ahead is important here, as is keeping the reference books open on the right page. My copy of Bartlett et al now seems to fall open at about thihis point! The perils of not paying attention will create more work later. This is why the second MDV I built has a replacement plastic end; I assembled the body the wrong way round and only noticed when I'd completed it. Oops.

 

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The sheet rails which the hood will go over have been modelled as a seperate, though permanently fixed sub asselby. This effectively makes the wagon body a box with a fancy lid on top. The relative position of the rails is retained by a triangle of 40 thou' which should help keep everything solid. Note that the sheet rails are handed (and of 0.9mm wire - the real things seem quite chunky). Here are (some of) the bits:

 

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And here is the completed assembly. The rails rest in slots and are supported with more plastic from below. They were first tacked in position with cyano' and then properly anchored with epoxy.

 

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Now to work out what material to use for the hood...

 

Adam

 

Edit - Third picture added.

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pete_mcfarlane

That's looking pretty good! Shock wagons seem to be rarely modelled but there are all sorts of interesting prototypes to model.

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Adam

Thanks! Still not certain on how to do the hood. Since these had some of the early plastic coated jobs rather than old fashioned tarp's tissue isn't going to cut it (had a go anyway last night, but not happy), so some sort of foil would seem to be the answer. Now, where to get it...

 

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pete_mcfarlane

I've used ordinary kitchen tinfoil in the past for wagon tarpaulins and it worked fairly well. Halfords red oxide primer sticks to it as an undercoat.

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Adam

I'd looked at that, but the stuff we have in stock is too thin. It needs to form but not give, if you see what I mean. The military modellers tend to use lead foil, but I doubt either Modelzone in Southampton or the aeromodel shop do it. This is surprisingly readily available in bulk - you can get it by the roll from 0.15mm upwards - it's used as shielding in labs, but you'd have to model every clayhood in Cornwall to make that wholly cost effective!

 

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Adam

I know the sort of thing you mean Brian. I might give that a go if the current plan involving some thick foil (courtesey of M&S gastro-pub packing...) doesn't come off. I need to experiment with some paper templates first however. Watch this space.

 

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Will Vale

If you have a restaurant wholesaler nearby (or even a kitchen things shop) you might be able to get take-away food containers or disposable oven trays. These can be a cheap source of heavy gauge foil - I've used it to make corrugated iron before.

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