I know what you mean. I think we generally only see the flaws in our creations which tend to overshadow all the good points but I'd be quite pleased if that van was mine. There's a lot to like about it..
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I know what you mean. I think we generally only see the flaws in our creations which tend to overshadow all the good points but I'd be quite pleased if that van was mine. There's a lot to like about it..
I had the day off today, so spent a fair bit of it working on these. In the end, I've kept the alterations fairly minimal. The perpendicular strip that runs around the lower part of the body is the most noticeable departure from the real thing, but cutting it away wasn't an option because the bodywork below it isn't flush with the rest of it, so I've left it. According to Festipedia, the real things were built for horse haulage and weren't strong enough to be used in long locomotive-hauled trains, so I'm assuming those strips are something to do with strengthening them for use in longer trains...Peter Butler wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:03 am Unless you had mentioned the differences I doubt I would have looked closely enough to notice, but now I see just how many small, but significant, changes there are. Even the bolts holding the axle-boxes are in the wrong position. It will be interesting to see how you make the alterations.
Yes, very, thank you! I cut my flashing with tin snips, and the strips roll up like one of those fortune telling fish from a Christmas cracker...Peter Butler wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:03 am The lead flashing will make a great difference to the running of such lightweight wagons. When I do something similar I always put the cut pieces between vice jaws to make them perfectly flat. This will give a better appearance and more surface area for adhesive..... Helpful tip?
Me too! How did you achieve the crumbly rust effect? Is it iron filings or some other secret ingredient?
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