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Oil tankers

Post by RylstonLight » Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:48 pm

The running sheds at Rylston are land-locked from the road. Consequently fuel has always been moved in by rail. The advent of IC engines meant the need for a storage tank and two narrow-gauge tanks to transport the fuel oil in. These were painted in a somewhat fanciful livery in the early heritage era, and it is assumed that neither Shell or BP knew of the appropriation of their branding. Still they do brighten up the demonstration goods from its otherwise ubiquitous grey.
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Post by ge_rik » Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:57 am

Nicely done. Especially the subtle weathering

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Post by Lonsdaler » Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:09 am

Another really atmospheric photo! I have one of those Swift Sixteen tankers, and found it to be ridiculously heavy with the solid resin tank, so I remodelled that part using a length of drainpipe (and copious nail gems as rivets) instead. The resin tank finished up as an above ground diesel storage tank for fuelling locos.
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Post by RylstonLight » Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:44 am

Lonsdaler wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:09 am . . . and found it to be ridiculously heavy with the solid resin tank, so I remodelled that part using a length of drainpipe (and copious nail gems as rivets) instead.
Thanks for heads up as I did wonder.

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Post by Lonsdaler » Tue Jun 08, 2021 4:07 pm

RylstonLight wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:44 am
Lonsdaler wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:09 am . . . and found it to be ridiculously heavy with the solid resin tank, so I remodelled that part using a length of drainpipe (and copious nail gems as rivets) instead.
Thanks for heads up as I did wonder.

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If you run on short radius curves as I usually do, putting one in the wrong place in a train would cause it to topple, largely because the centre of gravity of the waggon is quite high.
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Post by DonW » Tue Jun 08, 2021 4:53 pm

Nice job. A solid resin tank doesn't seem a sensible idea not just the weight it would use a lot of material too.

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Post by Sylvian Tennant » Thu Jul 01, 2021 5:54 pm

I love it, nice work.

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Post by andymctractor » Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:48 am

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Just an example from my collection. A bit of silliness really as I have some MOD type wagons that surface from time to time.

I have three of the Swift Sixteen tankers and yes they are very heavy. I got part way through converting them from 4 wheel wagons into bogie wagons using Swift Sixteen WD bogies but can't remember why the project was postponed. In fact I'd forgotten about them till I saw this post. They will get finished.
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Post by Lonsdaler » Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:05 pm

andymctractor wrote: Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:48 am Comp2020redcolour.jpg
Just an example from my collection. A bit of silliness really as I have some MOD type wagons that surface from time to time.

I have three of the Swift Sixteen tankers and yes they are very heavy. I got part way through converting them from 4 wheel wagons into bogie wagons using Swift Sixteen WD bogies but can't remember why the project was postponed. In fact I'd forgotten about them till I saw this post. They will get finished.
Nice. Is the brake gear home made Andy, or from a kit?
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Post by andymctractor » Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:20 am

Nice. Is the brake gear home made Andy, or from a kit?
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This was a kit I bought near the start of my 'garden railway time' so 10 years plus ago. There were other 32mm gauge wagons in the range including some RN armament depot style flat wagons that I have.
The brake gear was cast in the same resin like material as the rest of the wagon but required quite a lot of careful cleaning of the castings on the smaller parts. This tanker was also a solid casting but being smaller than the Swift Sixteen's one, it is less obvious.
Sadly I believe the manufacturer passed on. Perhaps one of our members with better memories might remember him?
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Post by Lonsdaler » Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:10 pm

andymctractor wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:20 am Nice. Is the brake gear home made Andy, or from a kit?
This was a kit I bought near the start of my 'garden railway time' so 10 years plus ago. There were other 32mm gauge wagons in the range including some RN armament depot style flat wagons that I have.
The brake gear was cast in the same resin like material as the rest of the wagon but required quite a lot of careful cleaning of the castings on the smaller parts. This tanker was also a solid casting but being smaller than the Swift Sixteen's one, it is less obvious.
Sadly I believe the manufacturer passed on. Perhaps one of our members with better memories might remember him?
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Thanks Andy. I initially thought it was a Swift Sixteen tanker that you had embellished. Not sure that he's passed on, but could it be an Andel Models offering?
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Post by andymctractor » Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:19 pm

Lonsdaler wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:10 pm
andymctractor wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:20 am Nice. Is the brake gear home made Andy, or from a kit?
Thanks Andy. I initially thought it was a Swift Sixteen tanker that you had embellished. Not sure that he's passed on, but could it be an Andel Models offering?
You are right. Andel Models it was. Apologies to the guy concerned. I wasn’t predicting an early demise..
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