2 plank wagons

[tom_tom_go]

I think I am about done with this wagon. I wanted to fit a hand brake, however, the axle boxes stick out too far and catch the arm on the brake lever:





Colour wise, going to go for all black weathered look and add PW markings as it looks good carrying track ballast.

I will be using Plastikard more on my future projects, great stuff!

[philipy]

That looks fine. Good job well done.

[Peter Butler]

I will be using Plastikard more on my future projects, great stuff!

I've been promoting the use of Plasticard for some time now so I'm delighted to hear from another convert how useful a material it is!

Nice job on the wagon...... more please!

[tom_tom_go]

Back in black:






The interior needs weathering, however, it is all coming together now it has some colour

[Soar Valley Light]

Absolutely superb!

[KNO3]

Very nice!
Where did you source the wheels and axleboxes, and the couplers?

[robc_wa]

Looks really good! I tried plastic angle as corner plates but the stuff I was using had a greater than 90 degree angle on the inside which was not good. What brand did you use?

Rob

[McRuss]

Hello Tom,

what dimension did the wood strips have?
And could you maybe made a drawing and a
material list for these wagon?

yours

Markus

[tom_tom_go]

Hi,

The axleboxes are Accucraft L&B with Plastikard added for the leaf springs.

The price has increased since I purchased these a while back (£7.50 from TrackShack now) so I would go for the IP IoM offerings which will look good at £6.50 with the springs as part of the casting.  They also include brass bearings.

The wheels are again Auccraft L&B 25mm, 32mm gauge

Rob, the plastic angle is from a DIY store here in the UK called B&Q.  You could try metal angle instead which should not have any deformities.

And (yes you guessed it), the choppers are also Accucraft.  They are shortened although I am still trying to perfect this process and keep makng mistakes ruining the coupler housing on some sets (very annoying and costly).  My next attempt at one will be with a mini hacksaw with the coupler housing bolted onto a plank of wood which I can then clamp in my vice.  This should allow more accucrate cutting (hopefully).

The safety hook/chains is from BrandBright and fixed under the chopper.

If more people are interested I can do some measurements and a drawing although it might take me a couple of weeks to fit in round work/family life.

[Paul_A_C]

Tom,

The iron work on the sole bar in front of the W irons, I.e the 2 vertical straps and the inverted ‘horseshoe’; where did you source those from?

[tom_tom_go]

Tom,

The iron work on the sole bar in front of the W irons, I.e the 2 vertical straps and the inverted ‘horseshoe’; where did you source those from?

These are white metal castings from IP Engineering:

http://www.ipengineering.co.uk/page94.html

The price has gone up since I bought some, does anyone else supply these maybe using plastic instead to reduce cost?

[Paul_A_C]

Thanks, a tad pricey, but they would save a fair amount of time.

[and1n]

If more people are interested I can do some measurements and a drawing although it might take me a couple of weeks to fit in round work/family life.

Hi
I would be interested. I'm new to 16mm/SM32. I'm moving up a scale from Gn15 and I've yet to get my head around this larger scale.

Thanks

Andi