Peatwagon - scratchbuild

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Re: Peatwagon - scratchbuild

Post by LNR » Wed May 20, 2026 12:43 am

As Aaron has said, and I too like the working doors and latches. Great work all round on a cute looking wagon.
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Re: Peatwagon - scratchbuild

Post by Allu » Wed Jun 10, 2026 6:40 am

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Word of warning and note to myself; use epoxy in all the parts when building, maybe assisted with CA glue and varnish properly the whole wagon after finished. This is what happened after a weekends heavy raining. The underframe and the flooring is falling apart. My fault as some of those parts were glued only with white glue and I forgot to varnish the wagon flooring... :dontknow:
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Re: Peatwagon - scratchbuild

Post by Phil.P » Thu Jun 11, 2026 12:28 pm

Nature will always win!

But having said that, some people pay good money for added decrepitude to their stock..

I think it looks great!

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Re: Peatwagon - scratchbuild

Post by Old Man Aaron » Sat Jun 13, 2026 5:25 am

Learned that lesson the hard way, too. Only in my case it was mere overnight dew!

CA-tacking stronger glues is my preferred choice. :thumbup:
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