Gunpowder van
Gunpowder van
Take one trinket box from 'The Works'
Add one Hartland chassis ......
....... some plasticard strips and a few (hundred) Cambrian rivets.
Result = one Gunpowder Van for the Bickerton Mining Company
I can't take any credit for the originality of the idea - I'm sure someone (maybe on this forum) has beaten me to it. But the outcome is quite pleasing. Definitely needs transfers and some judicious weathering though - looks far too pristine for my railway..
Rik
Add one Hartland chassis ......
....... some plasticard strips and a few (hundred) Cambrian rivets.
Result = one Gunpowder Van for the Bickerton Mining Company
I can't take any credit for the originality of the idea - I'm sure someone (maybe on this forum) has beaten me to it. But the outcome is quite pleasing. Definitely needs transfers and some judicious weathering though - looks far too pristine for my railway..
Rik
I've blogged a more detailed account of the build if anyone wants to know a little more - http://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2015/06 ... -from.html
Rik
Rik
I also did one of these last year - I think it was someone on this forum who noticed the boxes in stock at the Works.
Mine is also 32mm - I knocked a chassis together from some 10mm stripwood
but didn't go quite so liberal with the rivets!
For the moment mine is finished in bauxite
- not having a use for gunpowder, I need to find an alternative use for it - delivery of the wages maybe?
Mine is also 32mm - I knocked a chassis together from some 10mm stripwood
but didn't go quite so liberal with the rivets!
For the moment mine is finished in bauxite
- not having a use for gunpowder, I need to find an alternative use for it - delivery of the wages maybe?
Phil
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
The wheels are Binnies, I think (they were in my left over box, so not a 100% sure) and the axle boxes are Brandbright - I shall have to source another supplier now.Alan P:111778 wrote:Oh, very nice. I was thinking of a stripwood chassis, most of my scratch built wagons & coaches use something similar. Are those Binnie wheels & axle boxes?
BTW, I've just seen your distance measuring truck - you could make a fortune sending that out on lease! The quality of your woodwork puts mine to shame - nicely done!
Last edited by Lonsdaler on Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:51 am, edited 1 time in total.
Phil
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
Indeed Rik,ge_rik:111779 wrote:Very nicely done, especially the quality of the finish. Did you use filling primer?
Rik
the colour gives it away! I 'hardened' the wood first with sanding sealer before spraying. I used filling primer when I did boat modelling, particularly on plank on frame hulls where a smoother finish was sometimes required.
Phil
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
Thanks, the measuring truck really was just knocked up out of wood from the scrap bin though.BaBBLR:111780 wrote:The wheels are Binnies, I think (they were in my left over box, so not a 100% sure) and the axle boxes are Brandbright - I shall have to source another supplier now.Alan P:111778 wrote:Oh, very nice. I was thinking of a stripwood chassis, most of my scratch built wagons & coaches use something similar. Are those Binnie wheels & axle boxes?
BTW, I've just seen your distance measuring truck - you could make a fortune sending that out on lease! The quality of your woodwork puts mine to shame - nicely done!
I don't know how you guys have the patience to stick all those rivet heads on! I opted for an easier method, brass strip and a centre punch
Im not too bothered that the various hinges aren't quite square, having looked at photos of the real thing they don't appear to be examples of precision engineering.
Still have to make the couplings and the next job is to etch prime the brass.
Im not too bothered that the various hinges aren't quite square, having looked at photos of the real thing they don't appear to be examples of precision engineering.
Still have to make the couplings and the next job is to etch prime the brass.
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Picked up one of these boxes today. A small pile on offer at our local branch for only £1.00 each. Looking at my 7/8 scratch built quarry wagons sitting here on 32mm track, then using the same scratch built chassis and Mr Binnie axle boxes to match the rake will produce a very nice little model indeed. Not checked the scale but it certainly looks the part.Alan P:111767 wrote:Another cracking idea. We just happen to have one of those retail outlets where i live. I will probably have to scratch build the chassis as my line is 32mm.
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Roy H
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