Another Railway! The WR, now the MGR

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:35 am

pauly:60036 wrote:Theres something about your face and the way your holding yourself in the last picture Zach that I just find incredibly funny! :lol:

(Ssh! He's talking to his imaginary friend!)

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:29 pm

I was trying to make a "model passenger" pose...

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:50 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:60067 wrote:I was trying to make a "model passenger" pose...

Well done! It looked (almost) real!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:55 pm

Oh, dear, I meant, average, well behaved passenger. Not miniature passenger!

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:59 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:60073 wrote:Oh, dear, I meant, average, well behaved passenger. Not miniature passenger!

Had me totally fooled

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:00 pm

All I could think was thunderbirds!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:03 pm

Hahh! OK, so I look a bit (a lot) of a muppet. Just thought you'd appreciate the shot for scale purposes.

Taking us off the topic... What colour should it be? I was thinking a deep red with gold lining and lettering...

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:44 am

FAB engineering!! LMS livery sounds very good for it.

Pretoria · Post by **Pretoria** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:15 am

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:60076 wrote:Taking us off the topic... What colour should it be? I was thinking a deep red with gold lining and lettering...

Surely it's got to be blue to match the loco -- unless you're going to repaint that as well ?

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:35 pm

It will be GER deep red, one of the colours they painted their carriages in which will go well with the deep blue loco...

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:54 pm

Heres the video of Madge's first run on the WR, not steep gradients and horrid cambers! This was before she went to JoL and only her second steaming...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uICIHz1ivQc
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Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:21 pm

Oh for 4D! - I had to imagine the smell

(and I imagine the smell was even better once steam traction arrived

)

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:08 pm

Well today I finished the upper body work on the carriage. It looks even better than I imagined, quick reminder. Its a model of a 15 inch gauge open carriage.
First the ends went on

Then I noticed that the angle iron was all bent!

Don't worry, out came the plane and the rest of the wood panels were shaped to suit. You can see the planked floor which was some left over tongue and groove. The seats are just scrap MDF and will be covered at a later date with foam and leatherette seats.

The middle "seating" compartment was then tested for size

and added, it fits onto the main beams with dowels so is removable if anyone with very long legs and feet wants to get in. The middle compartment has a thin shelf for putting cups of tea on...

Now if you are thinking this is a large carriage, you are wrong...
Here's sister jib and me testing out the carriage for size (and testing the tea shelf)

and dad...

The carriage has been carefully designed so if one person is sitting in it it won't see-saw. The seats are inboard of the bogies.

The upper frame is made of 1x1 inch pine with 9mm ply screwed on. The body is removable and is a very sturdy structure.
The last thing I did was to wood filler all the countersunk screws and joints in the wood ready for painting next fortnight.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 10:11 pm

Very nice work Mr.B and once again well documented - shame about the coffee cups used during the tea-test, but there ya go

Are you planning on using laser cut lettering?

Pretoria · Post by **Pretoria** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:42 am

Excellent -- all good vehicles come with mandatory cup holders. Essential on those long trips !

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:19 pm

Was actually planning on cutting the letters out of sticker type material on the school's vinyl cutter. Gold or yellow lining on red carriage body with gold shaded black lettering. Was also considering painting the inside of the carriage brown.
Like this brilliant GER brake van at EARM
http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/cd/840.jpg

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:34 pm

What is the world coming to? My dad (a petrol head) wants to make a petrol electric loco for the railway. An idea which I am in support of as I don't always have MADGE at his house. We had an old Suffolk Punch loco which I took apart and rebuilt as a child but he took it to the tip several years back -drat!-. On going to the local scrap yard it was found that they had 7 old lawn mowers. 3 of which were Suffolk Punches. He was not allowed to, however, buy one due to legal restrictions. In short, you can't buy scrap at a scrap yard any more...
Its all because there are cameras everywhere and the attendants arn't allowed to sell anything to customers encase of illegal back handers etc.
So there are 7 working lawn mower engines that no one is allowed to own...

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:39 pm

Similar siutuation at our local tip - however, you are allowed to take things for recycling!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:18 pm

Back on track with the carriage project. A trip to the upholsters and we had some fake leather for the seats, a square of carpet followed by some foamey underlay stuff and lots of staples and we have a slim yet surprisingly comfortable (well compared to the bare mdf) seat.

Followed by lots of sanding, staining and painting.
The stain is dark oak (same as the railway sleepers) and the colour is homebase's own exterior wood and metal paint "regal red" gloss.

Obviously it needs another coat but that will have to wait until next time as it was getting dark and the paint was taking a long time to dry.

bessytractor · Post by **bessytractor** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:11 pm

looks excellent Zach!

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