Wagon Underframe Pics

[fender]

During a day out on the Bluebell at Horsted Keynes I found this wagon underframe by one of the platforms, and as I would like to start building my own wagons, thought a few pics might be useful as a reference later.

 

Not sure if this will be of any use to anyone on here, but I thought I would put them up. I for one wasn't sure exactly how all the parts go together on the real thing, but a good look round this one has answered a lot of questions.

 

 

obligatory pic of the glorious Bluebell:

 

 

[The Bigbee Line]

Pictures like this are always useful.  As someone with the saddest collection of underframe pictures I would offer a couple of hints.  Use 'fill in' flash, helps with definition.  Take more pictures rather than less, with digital images there's no limit.  Take pictures at high definition and rest the camera on a hard surface if your not using a tripod.

 

This is one of a series of pictures showing how the side stanchions on MKA wagons join the floor.  Loads of variations, only apparent when I looked at the pictures.

 

 

Final hint; start with the first image being the wagon number, then a 3/4 view.  Good memory joggers, when your thinking 'what wagon was that?'

[fender]

thanks Ernie. I don't think there were any numbers that I could see but I just realised that the first pic was missing for some reason, so I have added it again.

[michaelp]

A great source of information, thanks for posting.

[pointstaken]

Many people enjoy actually just making models, so pictures like those above are jolly useful. An excellent resource, thank you !

 

Dennis