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All the above , or drill holes and put rivets and bolts in;
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If you are very concerned about cost these might do ;
They will run off 3x AAA cells and with a bit of electronics would control a motor. I used them in this wagon project.
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Have you considered battery powered radio control? There are some impressive models over in the radio control forum and a self propelled railway wagon would just be forward and reverse, no steering required. Gets round the whole pickups issue.
Lots of good ideas in here ;
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I'd agree with the comments on Worsley Works etches and I do like the idea of getting a basic set of accurate etches at a sensible price and doing the rest myself.
A CR D35 full brake to illustrate the point.
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Many thanks Q , order placed.
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Hi Q.
I'd be grateful for a link to a source of the SL-14 sized pins. I am using them for the 1/50 project but will need 4 per sleeper. Packets of 10 k seem ideal, colour not an issue
Cheers
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Three great pics there Andy. I did manage a vaguely illegal nosey round the grain silos but it was before digital cameras so no pics ....
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They look nice Bill.
However, following the CR tradition of not spending money if you don't need to copper wire and accurate soldering works:
Heading into retirement I find I have a bit shy of a half a mile of cat 5 cable in store. Thats a lot of tiedowns.....
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Is it possible that they just bought it from metropolitan ?
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Surely a spade is flat and a shovel has turned up edges ?
Mind you in these woke times I'm sure there is a more politically correct term for either a spade or a shovel. Though I really cannot be bothered finding out.
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The above is all good advice.
My biggest error early on was not realising just how clean you need to get the brass to make a really good soldered joint. 40 years later I do.
Out of the box etches look clean but they have a surface of etch resist that needs to come off. Get some fine emery, some pcb cleaner blocks, some fibreglass brushes and some brass and steel minidrill wheels. Keep cleaning as you go . Wash the flux residue off , clean it all again.
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The wheel discs were as you suggest to prevent spragging Wickham Green. NBR developments do a suitable etch;
https://www.nbr4mm.co.uk/wagonparts/9059.php
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My original attempts at EM track used K+L parts. I'd agree with the wheel flange issue, Gibson, and Keen Maygib wheels cleared the chairs, the rest including Romfords tended not to. I still find that rtr oo wheels hit the chairs if you just regauge them to EM.
So old Romfords and things are no use for scale chaired track. Which of course begs the question, which scale? Take 5 foot oo romford, remove the middle, make a new centre and axle and it becomes an accurately flanged 1 metre dia wheel for 1/50 scale. Mind you, only someone a bit mad would do that .....
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It might be the case that the CR d2 van in the ops photo is being returned, I don't know know where the photo was taken.
The CR dead meat vans were built with hooked rails across the wagon at cantrail height so that whole animal carcasses could be transported. Through pipes and later dual brakes, oil boxes and safety chains were fitted so that they could run as head end traffic with passenger trains. Needed if you had to get meat from Scotland to a London market relatively quickly.
As for the return trip they may have been loaded, but clearly needing a good clean out first.
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I'd agree, CR Diagram 2 meat van, later planked body style.
The trumpet ventilators are a CR thing. There is a detail drawing of them , wagon book p318. As far as I know they were only fitted to CR stock, but as ever any other info would be good.
The earlier body style was panelled.
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It can get very complicated, certainly the CR built wagons for private traders. The situation is further complicated by wagons built by the CR and then Thirled or hired to a particular company. Add into the mix wagons built by wagon builders for the CR and then thirled or hired to other companies and you have a lot of different angles. Oh, and wagons built by other wagon builders for other owners which went bust without paying for them which were sold to the CR ....
Much more can be found in "More on caledonian wagons " by Mike Williams.
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I wish I could plonk down carriages of that quality.
I took a similar approach to track laying , a lot held down with assorted screws and washers til I got things how I wanted .
That D2 made by Jim Watt is stunning, as ever. Had a good chat on Saturday.
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Very impressive modelmaking.
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Ah, Letraset.
There were never enough Cs or Rs on the sheet...
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Hi Torper,
I had to remove a bit of the lower part of the solebar. Some pics in part 2.
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For the Caledonian it's Caley coaches or some body only etches from Worsley works.
I must admit painting and lining is my modelling weakness so I developed a transfer technique for the panels.
This and the previous 7 blogs chart my attempt at a rake of Grampian corridor stock. Passable, but I wouldn't claim to be good enough to build for others.
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Ah, the early CR coach "W" iron. Not just coaches, the CR recycled a lot of underframes with those for things like empty cask wagons.
I have hand filed a couple of sets starting with 4 rectangles of 10 thou brass soldered together. Fiddly.
I'd agree Jol. it is a bit specialised. However if some enterprising person did an etch I'd add a few dozen to the overall demand.
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Well, a lot of the kits and ready to plonk stuff I have looked at in the past is badly underscale. Dunno why, unless the makers think that it goes with the general trend of model railway compression.
Perhaps some of it is down to the idea that the trains are to the front and buildings to the rear a bit smaller adds depth as forced perspective. Certainly my backscene is about 80% of true size.
All a case by case decision I guess.
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Those Micro Metakit models really are impressive. I did a bit of research, they were produced in small batches so could be described as rtr though they were hand crafted with prices to match. The level of craftsmanship does justify the price but even so sit down before clicking the link;
https://iehobbies.com/collections/micro-metakit