I started with some coal wagon's based on a post from ge_rik's blog https://riksrailway.blogspot.com/search ... date=false(this will become a common theme). They are based on Hartland chassis, and are constructed from basswood and styrene. Also pictured was one of my slate wagon test beds, but more on that in a moment. This is either the second or third coal wagon I built.
And in service
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Having completed this, I decided that my railway needed to move slate from the quarries to the harbor, so some slate wagons were in order. These models have no particular basis, but borrow heavily from Ffestiniog railway designs. The axle boxes were first made in styrene, then molded and produced in resin. These have a shallow hole drilled into the back with a bit of brass tube for a bearing. The car body is all styrene, mostly L bracket and strip stock. Tichy 0.70 rivets were used on this one.
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My test car had different rivets, which were in my parts bin and will not be used again....
Assembled and placed behind a Stainz, they looked decent to my eye.
Some simple LGB repaints were to follow, but the itch to fully scratch build was still there....
Another blog post from rik lead me to cut down a LGB wagon, which turned out quite well. I still actually haven't done a roof or painted this car yet, so stay tuned on that.
Ultimately, I decided to gut one of my LGB flat wagons and make a cattle car. I freely admit this was due to reading a blog post way too late at night.... https://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... agons.html. I followed the guide Rik posted pretty closely, converting most of the units to imperial as needed (Can't get styrene in mm easily). This quickly lead to two cattle wagon sides.
Today's project was to build ends for the car. My dimensions were different enough where I had to eyeball the overall shape. I then made myself a paper jig, filed a relief in the vertical posts, and glued my ends together..... and forgot to take any photos of the process. Oh well, that's what I get for working on this at the hobby shop I work at. Anyway, this is how it looked shortly before my shift ended.
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Fast forward, the planking is now on. Next up will be rivet detail and making the doors. I'm half tempted to make the hinges brass, and make them work. Will all depend how much sanity I have left.
This whole process has been a heck of a lot of fun. I am already thinking the next cattle wagon will be of full Welshpool and Llanfair basis. Lots more angle iron work, but could be a fun challenge. The railway itself will be happening this summer hopefully, as long as this April snow holds of (Fun times in northern climates). I'll keep posting here as more progress occurs on my various rolling stock.
Lastly, I hope all the images work. Not sure my host will work fully.
