Ffestiniog 3 Ton Slate Waggons, and other interesting stuff
Ffestiniog 3 Ton Slate Waggons, and other interesting stuff
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
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"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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Looks good, thanks for sharing.
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Great find
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm
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Web Site: http://www.pvmr.co.uk/how-to-buy/4579399697 and he does PayPal!
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I'd better get in quick then - although I plan to wait until his braked version's available...MDLR:89202 wrote:I'm intending to write this up for Gorton Rail - he WILL get a shock when that hits the stands!
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...
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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.METHSSNIFFER:89234 wrote:Indeed! Whats going to happen to the likes of Binnie and Coopercraft now I wonder
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