2 plank wagons
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I think I am about done with this wagon. I wanted to fit a hand brake, however, the axle boxes stick out too far and catch the arm on the brake lever:
Colour wise, going to go for all black weathered look and add PW markings as it looks good carrying track ballast.
I will be using Plastikard more on my future projects, great stuff!
Colour wise, going to go for all black weathered look and add PW markings as it looks good carrying track ballast.
I will be using Plastikard more on my future projects, great stuff!
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I've been promoting the use of Plasticard for some time now so I'm delighted to hear from another convert how useful a material it is!tom_tom_go:108250 wrote:
I will be using Plastikard more on my future projects, great stuff!
Nice job on the wagon...... more please!
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Hi,
The axleboxes are Accucraft L&B with Plastikard added for the leaf springs.
The price has increased since I purchased these a while back (£7.50 from TrackShack now) so I would go for the IP IoM offerings which will look good at £6.50 with the springs as part of the casting. They also include brass bearings.
The wheels are again Auccraft L&B 25mm, 32mm gauge
Rob, the plastic angle is from a DIY store here in the UK called B&Q. You could try metal angle instead which should not have any deformities.
And (yes you guessed it), the choppers are also Accucraft. They are shortened although I am still trying to perfect this process and keep makng mistakes ruining the coupler housing on some sets (very annoying and costly). My next attempt at one will be with a mini hacksaw with the coupler housing bolted onto a plank of wood which I can then clamp in my vice. This should allow more accucrate cutting (hopefully).
The safety hook/chains is from BrandBright and fixed under the chopper.
If more people are interested I can do some measurements and a drawing although it might take me a couple of weeks to fit in round work/family life.
The axleboxes are Accucraft L&B with Plastikard added for the leaf springs.
The price has increased since I purchased these a while back (£7.50 from TrackShack now) so I would go for the IP IoM offerings which will look good at £6.50 with the springs as part of the casting. They also include brass bearings.
The wheels are again Auccraft L&B 25mm, 32mm gauge
Rob, the plastic angle is from a DIY store here in the UK called B&Q. You could try metal angle instead which should not have any deformities.
And (yes you guessed it), the choppers are also Accucraft. They are shortened although I am still trying to perfect this process and keep makng mistakes ruining the coupler housing on some sets (very annoying and costly). My next attempt at one will be with a mini hacksaw with the coupler housing bolted onto a plank of wood which I can then clamp in my vice. This should allow more accucrate cutting (hopefully).
The safety hook/chains is from BrandBright and fixed under the chopper.
If more people are interested I can do some measurements and a drawing although it might take me a couple of weeks to fit in round work/family life.
Re: 2 planks wagons
Tom,
The iron work on the sole bar in front of the W irons, I.e the 2 vertical straps and the inverted ‘horseshoe’; where did you source those from?
The iron work on the sole bar in front of the W irons, I.e the 2 vertical straps and the inverted ‘horseshoe’; where did you source those from?
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Re: 2 planks wagons
These are white metal castings from IP Engineering:
http://www.ipengineering.co.uk/page94.html
The price has gone up since I bought some, does anyone else supply these maybe using plastic instead to reduce cost?
Re: 2 plank wagons
Thanks, a tad pricey, but they would save a fair amount of time.
Re: 2 plank wagons
HiIf more people are interested I can do some measurements and a drawing although it might take me a couple of weeks to fit in round work/family life.
I would be interested. I'm new to 16mm/SM32. I'm moving up a scale from Gn15 and I've yet to get my head around this larger scale.
Thanks
Andi
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