Coaches for the Kotanga Tramway.

[tuppenced]

The Tin Van now has a roof (brutally hacked out of the original Accucraft roof on a linisher), plus trial pieces of straight and curved 1/24 scale corrugated, er, aluminium (ticking on with ticky tape):

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David

[LNR]

Hi David, interesting to see you covering a wagon with corrugated iron. I have considered doing the same, as it typifies VR rolling stock practice. I roll my own corrugated sheet, but it is still susceptible to damage. I wondered if for the roof, you were to mix some auto body filler, lay a thick layer on the roof, then pull the corr. sheet down over it. When set even if it didn't stick the sheet down, it would provide a solid profile to glue the sheet to and stop it being so easily damaged. I haven't tried it myself yet, but figured that's how I would go about it. Graeme (GTB) has used corr. cardboard to great effect, but it too is vulnerable. Perhaps some experimentation is required. Just some thoughts.
Grant.

[Peter Butler]

I'm sure this build is done by way of an experiment to see how such a van can be made, but having gone this far I can't see any purpose in modifying an existing van body when there will be none of it to view when complete. Possibly Mk2 will be a simple ply box clad in corrugated sheet?
Plastic sheet with scale corrugations should be available and be less vulnerable to damage than the thin metallic cladding?