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    A new Low...

    By Evertrainz,

    Tonight's quick render is a LNER clasp-braked Lowfit with four support pillars on the steel sides. The LNER clasp brake seen is not 100% complete in its modeling so it doesn't look its best. Note however, the new 1ft 8.5in Oleo buffers with OLEO nicely modeled on the sides ;). I don't know if the OLEO was found on both sides of the buffer's largest casing but for the current render it is only present on the sides of the buffers nearest the camera. I will also add that this wagon is simply a placeholder for the new LNER brakes and Oleo buffers - the Lowfit was the only wagon mesh I had at hand, the four-support versions which could be found with either.Therefore I am not sure if the model as-seen is accurate to its original build lot - it is not difficult for me to swap around the underframe components among the wagons. The mesh for the Lowfit body was completed many years ago when this thread was still relevant, so it does look a bit dated. If and when I revisit the body mesh, I would add the appropriate door locking pin and ring/chains to go along. 
     
    The age-old incorrect LMS 7-leaf suspension on the back wheels exist, and probably will not change for a while! I still need to eventually get around to modeling the spring dampers to match. I have also needed to change up the vacuum cylinder actuating lever relative to the LNER brake shaft, and for this of course Paul Bartlett's site and Flickr were my good friends. 
     
    I was originally going to model a Howard Rotospreader to load onto the Lowfit complete with ropes, as seen on Mr. Bartlett's site. Time, of course, was a big handicap so the Rotospreader will have to wait. I'm not versed in construction or farm equipment of the era (or any era, for that fact), so if anyone has suggestions for common Lowfit machinery loads I would be quite open to taking them on as a 3D modeling project at some point.
     
    Anyone have any ideas for other steam-era wagons that they would like to see? Some feedback or comments would be nice, you know  .
     
    Thanks,
    Ron
     
     

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    What? A whistler? 
     
    Of course, I don't only do wagons, now  . The Carflats are based on the LMS chassis variant to diagram 1/088, and feature the most common of the wood-planked end designs. Neither are finished yet, obviously, and the Anglias are a crude representation. That's all from me tonight.
     
    Ron
     

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    LMS 12-ton Van

    By Evertrainz,

    Title says it all. BR-built variants with the reinforced strapping and LMS clasp brake. Missing lots of things as usual, and the spring dampers are only a rough sketch thus far. 
     
    Ron
     

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    I couldn't resist throwing a welded mineral body atop a shrunken 9ft. version of my chassis, so here it is. Nothing unusual or special to see; just a variant of the most mundane and common of the BR-built wagons. If anybody even reads these?
     
    As usual missing some things, such as the hinge mounts for the side doors. Should be six leafs to a spring instead of five. Hopefully one day I will share what they look like when textured and er.. proper.
     
    Ron
     

     
     
  5. Evertrainz
    Today's render is just a simple 12T ventilated van, with Morton brake configuration. This is a model which I have gone back to revise time after time, this time finally settling with the corrugated end profile.
     
    Since the last render of the Conflat and container, I have gone back and worked on the solebars and their channel profiles and thickness. I am still unsure about these, as it seems that different wagons had unique solebar widths (expectedly), and very few actually conformed to the 7'6" headstock with sloping end pillars as specified 1944 by RCH. These drawings have become paramount to this underframe and chassis project. Back to the question, though, does anyone know if there was a common headstock width for standardized stock such as Conflats or Vanfits? Mineral and tank wagons are relatively easier to gauge as their headstocks don't run wider than the longitudinal solebar channel width. It doesn't help that the official BR drawings book doesn't give headstock widths, presumably because most were a set standard width?
     
    And I return to the van. I still am yet to give proper rivets and bolts on the metal strapping and corrugated ends, but otherwise I'm happy with this. As mentioned, notice the slight gap between van body ends and the headstock caused by the anomaly mentioned. With the solebar modifications, I have properly increased the space between longitudinal solebar channels by 1.44 inches on each side, so 2.88 inches overall. With that, I've repositioned laterally the brake hangars, axleguards, and all other attached components. 
     
    I'll have to look into the solebars of the Big 4's standard vent vans, as I have a 1940s LMS vac-fitted van body nearly completed, which I have fixed to the same headstock width as the BR van seen below. That's where the half-completed auxiliary spring seen in the background will come into use.

    That's all for tonight, the underframe library of chassis components is slowly coming together.
     
    Regards
    Ron

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    I've been working on a lot of content over many years, and had released my first set of wagons for a railway simulator in the past couple. These utilized a shared 3D file library, where very common components such as axle boxes, axleguards, wheels, 9 and 10 ft. brakegears could be shared among the many different wagons, solebar-up. Then the components could be attached to points on the solebar, as to avoid including the exact same component, suppose RCH standard W-iron or Timken hooded bearings, in the 3D data file for the individual wagon. I would like to extend a hearty thanks to Justin Newitt (Rumney Models) for helping me out with some of the details of the wagons' underframes, and providing me with drawings and advice.
     
    Now with the standard for computer graphics being raised high and fast, I have taken the opportunity to revisit my once-bland meshes* for the shared wagon components, and add much detailing to them. * A mesh is another term for the 3D data file or 3D object in computer space - I will be using this term alot. You can see my other "meshes" at my Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/125881805@N02/ .
     
    Here's a quick render for the day, a clasp-braked Conflat with an Insulmeat container. Obviously, everything except the solebar and body of the Conflat are un-textured, and everything seen is still a WIP. Yes, I am aware the back leaf suspension doesn't match the RCH 5-leaf spring of the front. Yes, the axleboxes don't match, as was the case on the real things, sometimes! Point is, I can go on and on about what is incorrect in this render, right down to the securing chains. All these errors will be put right at some point or another, and will hopefully bear fruit for railway simulation sometime. Come to think of it, I am not aware of an FM nor BM container that has been preserved, or at least restored yet. I believe the Mid-Hants has an ex-SR Insulmeat container (?).
     
    Hopefully someone finds this interesting, my intentions are not to bore others to death! Another goal with these blogs would be to shed some light on wagons and their finicky yet fascinating details, as apart from a moderate (and tasteful) crowd on these forums, wagons don't get much of the limelight. I would appreciate some feedback as I am not well-versed with content creation blogs, and don't know who reads these, nor what they enjoy. Any critiques?
     
    Regards
    Ron
     

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