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  1. heavymetalwagons
    The newer chassis are alot better much finer detail. Found this out after getting a load of older hea,s which i keep putting off converting to hba,s with the older 16 leaf springs
  2. heavymetalwagons
    The weathering is absolutely spot on. Lovely work but the one thing that sticks out to me is the thickness of the brake lever it must be 12 inches thick in real scale! Please note not trying to rain on your workmanship
  3. heavymetalwagons
    Like the pile of rubbish at the trackside! Some people ah
  4. heavymetalwagons
    I think the hoods where fitted from new. It was only later as they got damaged etc that they'd have been removed. On pauls wagon site they show still on in the 80s but some gone in the 90s. I think they would have travelled with the hood up either empty or loaded. I would like to model one with the hood laid down
  5. heavymetalwagons
    wow indeed .miles better than what i could do on my best day .hats tipped sir !!!!!!
  6. heavymetalwagons
    lovely photo mick .what was the barrow type thing stood up used for and also what was the round concrete thing in front of the lower door doing ?? . plus what date roughly was the photo ? many thanks
  7. heavymetalwagons
    There's an article in an old mrc magazine about starfish but i just use Paul's wagon photo site for my many needs
  8. heavymetalwagons
    Starfish where ordinary ex gwr 10 ton ballast opens but as they disappeared around late 70s early 80s br could have reused the name
  9. heavymetalwagons
    Still plenty of 16 tonners in the siding
  10. heavymetalwagons
    In the 70s the ballast used up north was steel slag with little holes in it. As kids we used to throw it on the ground and it smelt a bit like stink bombs. From memory it was dark grey to black. At least two places sold it from scunthorpe as advertised in a br permanent way report book I've got
  11. heavymetalwagons
    I,m one of those people who hoards stuff for ten years. Then has a good clear out Then two years later i spend a couple of days looking for said items only to conclude i must of got rid i,ll have to get some more
  12. heavymetalwagons
    The only guess i,ve got is the expo ballast is Cork based and has expanded with the water The outer edges look ok through Maybe keep it low between the sleepers then after wetting and pva top up if necessary Only suggestions though i, ve no previous experience
  13. heavymetalwagons
    750 thou for some sheds wtf gone wrong with the world
  14. heavymetalwagons
    sorry if this request is in the wrong place but cannot contact you via your website at the moment wound you be prepared to do some 4mm wagon tare weight markings ?. the kg ones used from the seventies onwards I'm able to get the older style from the other two suppliers i.e the 10-08 type but not the tare 08.000 kg example many thanks
  15. heavymetalwagons
    The weathering magazine did an issue about fading paint work. Plus nice pic of the parcels van
  16. heavymetalwagons
    Ordered Monday dinner time arrived Tuesday!! Plus i think he's been doing some new stuff (i could be wrong) Just a customer
  17. heavymetalwagons
    Same as barclay said good to hear from you
  18. heavymetalwagons
    Outstanding workmanship very envious
  19. heavymetalwagons
    Its been a while since i used it but I'm sure i just cleaned with white sprit Just read the back =very evil stuff!!
  20. heavymetalwagons
    Got some genesis one's bit rough from what i remember couldn't tell if the sides go on the ends or vise verser a real pig to make!! Could you not butcher some normal ones to make right and then mould and cast your own There is a drawing for the afp container on the barrowmore site
  21. heavymetalwagons
    Just tried the pva on some grampus wagon plates. Seems to be ok would never have thought of trying pva many thanks for that tip. Thought there'd be a slow acting super glue out there somewhere by now!!!
  22. heavymetalwagons
    I have been experimenting with various ballast types and have tried builders silver sand dyed black with morter dye. It looks good for black ash. Some have used play sand, foundry sand, grano chippings. There are very different types of silver sand so you may find a colour that suits.
  23. heavymetalwagons
    Thanks for letting us know John and I to agree with the above post. Many thanks
  24. heavymetalwagons
    Inspired me to have a try. Spot on weathering
  25. heavymetalwagons
    To be fair one bottle wound properly do an whole layout plus all the other uses we have for it (let alone sticking wood together)
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