Garden Railway Forum

this is a flat bed wagon i made, i bought the bogies from Binnie engineering. the bed was originally going to be the canopy roof for my wilesco showmans, but as it was to thick, i used it on this insted.
for the side girders, i was originally going to use Plastruct H Bean sections, but as i found some old u shaped metal bits in the shed, i thought i might as well use them, as they didnt cost and they are metal, so if would give it some weight. without them it was very very light, i am supprised it stayed on behind edrig.

Very good .

thanks matt.

next i plan to build somthing similar to this
http://www.rhhfranks.co.uk/sm32%20website/WDS-33.jpg
useing the same style of bogies and girders.

then after that !
an open top wagon similar to
http://www.rhhfranks.co.uk/sm32%20website/wdc.jpg

as they are so simple and fast (2-3 hours max for each) to make, i shall make a few.

all specially made for edrig

I also fancy some War Department stock to go behind my up-coming Simplex, there's an advert in the 16mm Acossiation magazine, so may go for some of those.

cool,

as you have the tag gordon book, is his edrig called chipy joe?

Very nice!


Yes his Edrigs called Chippy Joe

No, his Edrig that's in the book is called 'Lucy', I belive 'Chippy Joe' must therefore be his other?

It's probably much better to use the metel pieces on your wagn, becuase that'll give it more weight. You can always add a litle more weight later on, if it's too light.

He has a green one called Chippy Joe

That's what I put! But as Andy reffered to the book I thought best drop that one in also!

My bad

I'm making some stock for when my Edrig comes. ATM, a IP Eng. MOD gaurd's van look-a-like (home-brewed!) and perhaps some bogie coaches with the 2 pairs of bogies I recently aquired from the bay of e!