A Hopper N' Skip

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A Hopper N' Skip

Post by Sir haydn » Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:44 pm

After working on a few locomotives I went back to the desk yesterday afternoon and built four of these! Will be outshopped in red oxide tomorrow.

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Post by Narrow Minded » Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:31 pm

Very nice - what make are they Matt?
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Post by Pendo Pilot » Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:45 pm

That does look very nice indeed. Same question as Greg from me mate.
Tommy Dodd may have an ARS key but I have a TASS button & a Rope Ladder, just like pirates, except the TASS button bit.
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Post by Sir haydn » Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:52 pm

they are brandbright ones. Bit of pigs as the whitemetal soldering isn't the easiest thing in the world. But all in all a good kit and very weighty! Correct axle box design for wider gauges too!
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Post by taliesin001 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 3:26 pm

look superb :D
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Post by DLRdan » Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:36 pm

They look very good, do they have any more detail than the Binnie equivelent ?
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Post by Sir haydn » Wed Nov 03, 2010 4:41 pm

Only slightly more dan. The big advantage is the weight! These are for a customer and are 45mm gauge and in this guise are alot more accurate. The 32mm gauge ones would sit comfortably next to the binnie ones without being too obvious. The only differences are the skip locking bars and the works plate.
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Post by Sir haydn » Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:49 am

Finished! Read to go back ooop north

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Post by Narrow Minded » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:50 am

Very nice - bit of a shame he didn't want 'em weathered, I bet the whitemetal would lend itself to a bit of "bashing" better than the plastic flavour ones :D
Correct axle box design for wider gauges too!
Already spotted that! (Wish Colin had designed alternative axle boxes to fit the 45mm gauge skip rather than just producing a wider chassis, but hey ho!)
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Post by DolwyddelanLightRail » Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:37 pm

I really must get some skips at sone point! but they do look brilliant! :D
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Post by taliesin001 » Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:49 pm

They look excellent, nice job
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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:09 pm

They do look splendid, I am currently looking for some skips...
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Post by Pendo Pilot » Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:33 pm

They look splendid indeed. Had a look at the price though...Hmmm. eekk. :shock:

Then I noticed they do W&L cattle vans kits. I was going to try & scratchbodge some but think I will go for them now. Damn it Matt, need rail not stock!

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