Heywood Style 4w Brakevan
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Heywood Style 4w Brakevan
Hello,
I've set myself another little project this evening (it was supposidly my New Year resolution to not start any more projects, 2 days in and already broken), I'm going to produce a 4w brakevan in the style of Sir Heywood's Eaton Railway one.
Image (C) Ben Fisher http://benfisher.fotopic.net/p43790874.html
I shall be building it to suit 'Isabelle', as my dad reckons it has a very Heywood feel. I'm going to draw it out tomorrow, cut the sides, and order the base & buffer beams from my Grandad. I've already ordered the axleboxes, couplings & wheels, these are all Accucraft parts.
I've set myself another little project this evening (it was supposidly my New Year resolution to not start any more projects, 2 days in and already broken), I'm going to produce a 4w brakevan in the style of Sir Heywood's Eaton Railway one.
Image (C) Ben Fisher http://benfisher.fotopic.net/p43790874.html
I shall be building it to suit 'Isabelle', as my dad reckons it has a very Heywood feel. I'm going to draw it out tomorrow, cut the sides, and order the base & buffer beams from my Grandad. I've already ordered the axleboxes, couplings & wheels, these are all Accucraft parts.
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I certainly will! Infact here is the next update ( if you can understand my drawing!), the end & sides are a different scale because the version of 2D design is only a demo. I would of used AutoCAD, but my dad has his laptop at work (!). It only shows the general woodwork. The mesurments (cm) do kill the drawing thoughACLR wrote:Great project mate keep the pictures flowing
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I'm using Accucraft round head choppers (as shown in the photos below), becuase 'Isabelle' my 'Edrig' is fitted with them.CCairns wrote:What type of couplings are you using?
I've made masses of progress since the last update (only yesterday). No kidding I'm close to the painting stage! It's turned in to a sort of 7/8ths scale brakevan, but I like a bit of variety. The base turned up this morning, which has allowed me to make up the full chassis, and then begin on the roof. Hopfully I'll pick up a couple of welding rods tomorrow, and make up the handrails. I'll probally put the roof on the roof base later on today. So maybe I'll manage to build this one in a week? Who knows.
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LOOKS GREAT!!!!!!!SillyBilly wrote:I'm using Accucraft round head choppers (as shown in the photos below), becuase 'Isabelle' my 'Edrig' is fitted with them.CCairns wrote:What type of couplings are you using?
I've made masses of progress since the last update (only yesterday). No kidding I'm close to the painting stage! It's turned in to a sort of 7/8ths scale brakevan, but I like a bit of variety. The base turned up this morning, which has allowed me to make up the full chassis, and then begin on the roof. Hopfully I'll pick up a couple of welding rods tomorrow, and make up the handrails. I'll probally put the roof on the roof base later on today. So maybe I'll manage to build this one in a week? Who knows.
WELL DONE!
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