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Ffestiniog 3 Ton Slate Waggons, and other interesting stuff
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:59 pm
by laalratty
Found this new manufacturer through the 16mm e-group, and they make the holy grail of 16mm, the Ffestiniog 3 ton slate waggon! Despite being probably about as common as the often modelled 2 ton waggon, nobody has done a kit thus far, making many a rake of Ffestiniog Railway slate waggons not quite prototypical. The company is PVMR Engineering, they design the models themselves before getting them manufactured by a company called Shapeways using Three Dimensional Printing. Incidentally I encountered the work of Shapeways whilst doing my 3rd Year project at University, their work is very good. Anyway, as well as 3 ton slate waggons, PVMR advertise Hudson 4 wheel and bogie wagons. To see their products, which do look quite nicely reproduced, see
http://www.pvmr.co.uk/ , I am quite tempted to get myself a couple of the 3 ton waggons
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:03 pm
by Dannypenguin
Looks good, thanks for sharing.
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:06 pm
by LnBmad
Great find
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:10 pm
by METHSSNIFFER
3d printed stuff on ebay week ago Slaters are in the process of doing a brass etch to match their 2 ton. It will probably be speeded on now
Anyone know if these are easy broken How strong they are!
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:44 pm
by MDLR
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:52 pm
by METHSSNIFFER
Poor Matt he wont know whats hit him only orders six at a time!
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:36 am
by MDLR
I'm intending to write this up for Gorton Rail - he WILL get a shock when that hits the stands!
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:23 pm
by Andrew
MDLR:89202 wrote:I'm intending to write this up for Gorton Rail - he WILL get a shock when that hits the stands!
I'd better get in quick then - although I plan to wait until his braked version's available...
These do fill a gap in the market, and as Matt's said on 16mmngm, they should do well with those looking for something slightly bigger to run behind your average generously proportioned generic loco...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:32 pm
by METHSSNIFFER
I'm gonna have a go at soldering one of these up. A build has been threatening for some time thats when Ive finished everything else.
Matt did say he may attempt to make the dropside door operable on the Hudson. Don't know how far he has got with that one.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:39 pm
by METHSSNIFFER
Here's some more to wet your appetite!
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:54 pm
by 90733
Are they the flexiscale ones?
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:59 pm
by METHSSNIFFER
Indeed! Whats going to happen to the likes of Binnie and Coopercraft now I wonder
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:45 pm
by 90733
METHSSNIFFER:89234 wrote:Indeed! Whats going to happen to the likes of Binnie and Coopercraft now I wonder
I can imagine they'll stay around (I thought coopercraft ha stopped 16mm stuff?) giving that the flexiscale ones are about 3 times more expensive. Saying that, they are all different types of slate wagons.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:02 pm
by MDLR
.................. and if Binnie decides to go into 3D printing, at least he's got the masters!
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:44 pm
by METHSSNIFFER
They have someones masters! and its only a model in the first place.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:52 pm
by MDLR
METHSSNIFFER:89244 wrote:They have someones masters! and its only a model in the first place.
They have their own masters! Colin used to mould some of his own stuff in the early days and I'm sure Peter has got them now.
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:56 pm
by METHSSNIFFER
Not worn out then that's good! Ive seen Colins drawings very good too.
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:08 pm
by TonyW
PVMR Engineering Ltd (
http://www.pvmr.co.uk/) 3-ton FR slate wagon:
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:34 pm
by METHSSNIFFER
I have to admit that looks pretty good Tony.
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:43 pm
by SapperAnt
Ooooooooooooooooooh the Hudson bogey wagon...drooooooooooooooooool
Ahem.