Swift Sixteen hoppers
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Swift Sixteen hoppers
A quick look at three Swift Sixteen hoppers that I've got very near to completing. I like chopper couplings so I semi permanently coupled the three wagons together using O seals and fitted chopper couplings only to the two end wagons. I need to replace the O seals with some smaller examples that will keep a little tension on to hold the wagons together as well as allowing some flexibility for when the wagons are on tight radius curves or point work.
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Andy McMahon
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Neat liking those
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Andy,
They are beautiful! You've made a lovely job of them. I'm definitely going to have a bash at some of those myself. I've always intended to and one of the things I've been contemplating is how to fit chopper couplings, which I also really like and intend to use as standard. How did you fit them?
Thanks for sharing,
Andrew
They are beautiful! You've made a lovely job of them. I'm definitely going to have a bash at some of those myself. I've always intended to and one of the things I've been contemplating is how to fit chopper couplings, which I also really like and intend to use as standard. How did you fit them?
Thanks for sharing,
Andrew
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Soar Valley Light:107294 wrote:Andy, They are beautiful! You've made a lovely job of them. I'm definitely going to have a bash at some of those myself. I've always intended to and one of the things I've been contemplating is how to fit chopper couplings, which I also really like and intend to use as standard. How did you fit them?
Thanks for sharing,
Andrew
Hope this works. It is a Word document with a picture and some instructions.
Click to download file
Good luck
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Andy McMahon
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. (RN sailors basic skills course 1968)
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The CLR is a continuous run and does not have a quarry. One of my original plans was to have a rake of empty hoppers and a similar rake of full hoppers with different numbers on. They were going to run almost continuously in opposite directions on the railway searching out some priority between more important trains. As with many modellers such plans get adapted. My pending kit box still has too many projects in it and there are no more hoppers.
Thanks for all the kind comments.
Thanks for all the kind comments.
Regards
Andy McMahon
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Hi Andrew,Andrew:107317 wrote:Oooh, I like those very much - looking forward to more photos of them in action...
this latest video shows my three hoppers in use on the CLR
https://youtu.be/UcicgOSWKII
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Andy McMahon
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. (RN sailors basic skills course 1968)
Andy McMahon
If it moves, salute it. If it doesn't move, paint it. (RN sailors basic skills course 1968)
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