Taking off into 7/8 ( or 1:13,3)

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:42 pm

I assume that the wagon with the spout is destined for Darjeeling, seeing as how it's a tea wagon??

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:01 pm

MDLR: in my imagination it has been some kind of a coffe-wagon (coffe is the common drink up here)
I show you some pictures of the paint, and weathering the wagons are going through

And the nr.3 which I can actually give a sort of function: A Fireguard wagon

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:55 pm

Very nice and unique, well done

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 4:50 pm

I'm glad to see the fireguard wagon in NOT made of chocolate!

(for the benefit of non-native English speakers, a chocolate fire guard (or a chocolate frying pan or tea pot) are basically useless, as they'll melt if you try to use them for their intended purpose)

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 3:42 pm

Hi all. Happy new year

Brian, I would really like to make a funny comment on the chocolate-fireguard, but as you say, it´s not in my vocabular, so I live it. Any way, the strange junky rake of wagons are comming along and the nr.3 (without wheels) am I specially pleased with. It´s missing a sitting guard which I´ll have to order. Any tips?

Michael

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:32 pm

Hi Michael, your wacky creations should be shared on another site.... whymsical.com. (also known as A.W.N.U.T.S.) where like minded members show their models similar to yours.
I have been a member for some years now and show my Emetts and other builds. The members would be interested in your work.

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:39 pm

Peter; Many thanks for the link to "Awnuts" I have bookmarked the site. Actually I'm joining swedish, Norwegian, Fb, and this group so I'm not shure about joining one more group

But I will absolutely follow the group. There was a great idea of using brass chandeliers which I've adopted promptley.
Regards from Michael

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:43 pm

I have now come a bit further (still missing the wheels) But the different parts have been secured to the chassis. The nozzle of the hose is a small Legopice, from a Starwars-lightsabre. Even though this wagon "just happened" I have found many variations of it, on preserved railways with steamengines

In the background you can see my other building-project, Pullmanncoach nr.3 which is in scale 1:20 (or even smaller)

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:33 pm

The fireguardwagon is finnished. Now we are waiting for a fireguard to take place.
Still lots of snow up here, but the railways are slowly getting visible in the garden.

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:31 pm

And now I´m building a device that I have been planning for years...

It has nothing to do with lavatories, but can anyone guess what it shall be?

Gralyn · Post by **Gralyn** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:10 pm

A rotary snowplough.

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:18 pm

Gralyn:109458 wrote:A rotary snowplough.

A very god guess but far away..

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:19 pm

Gralyn · Post by **Gralyn** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:24 pm

Looks like a coal bunker that is going to be built into a hillside now!.

Lonsdaler · Post by **Lonsdaler** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:03 pm

Gralyn:109521 wrote:Looks like a coal bunker that is going to be built into a hillside now!.

Looks like a thunderbox to me!

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:58 am

Gralyn:109521 wrote:Looks like a coal bunker that is going to be built into a hillside now!.

You are getting closer, but a bit more mobile..

The strange thing to the right is a small hatch to cover the hole in the middle (still no thunderbox )

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:21 am

Still wondering what this turn into ...

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:01 am

Not much left to do now. The little hatch also got coal on top of it.

And here is a pict of my Regner Chaloner "Valborg" which I am fitting in to 7/8 scale:

Gralyn · Post by **Gralyn** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:02 pm

How about a coal bunker for said loco with the hatch giving access to a control knob?.

St.Michael · Post by **St.Michael** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:14 pm

Gralyn:109598 wrote:How about a coal bunker for said loco with the hatch giving access to a control knob?.

Absolutely spot on!
It´s the gastank that I always wanted to hide under a coal load. And when I´m building in this large scale I finally descided how to do it..

The bunker is just loosely stuck on place, I´m thinking of using silicone on a few spots to fix it.

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