As im sure most of you will know, we recieved a nice brass stencil amongst other bits n bobs in the latest edition of 16mm Today.
Now I would like to put this stencil to use straight away as I reckon it will instantly add some charm and realism to some rather plain wagons. I would like to know if I am right in thinking that Tare is the unloaded weight of the wagon and tons is what it can be loaded up to?
Also, if anyone knows what loadings the ex MOD Ballast Wagons, Powder Vans and Brake Vans would have. i.e. what is their Tare and Tons. I have done some brief "googleing" but so far found nothing. Brief estimations will do if nothing else.
I went to add these to the 16mmNGM free wagon and then thought (once i had added one section of paint!) how they would be displayed. would they be as follows;
Type 1 (where the numbers are before the letters) e.g.
NN Tons
NN Tare
Type 2 (basically the other way around) e.g.
Tons NN
Tare NN
Note: NN stands for number, number e.g 12 tons
Or a mix and match??
Some help please
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Given that this brakevan is on a MOD chassis, www.bwlr.co.uk/goods.php?flag=gd10 , I would presume that 4 tons would be the limit on all of the vehicles.
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Thanks for the hep so far,
I'm still looking for the perfect soloution but 4 tons looks the best so far. No tare though.
I do know that the WHR(P) (or WHHR - Welsh Highland Heritage Railway - as it is now called) has several ex MOD wagons and i think these are marked, yet all of the photos i can find aren't clear enough to see the markings.
i would go and get on with painting them on, but all the bristles off my smallest paintbrush have just fallen out. oops :shock: s'pose i will need a new one now.
I'm still looking for the perfect soloution but 4 tons looks the best so far. No tare though.
I do know that the WHR(P) (or WHHR - Welsh Highland Heritage Railway - as it is now called) has several ex MOD wagons and i think these are marked, yet all of the photos i can find aren't clear enough to see the markings.
i would go and get on with painting them on, but all the bristles off my smallest paintbrush have just fallen out. oops :shock: s'pose i will need a new one now.
Thanks,
Paul Wood
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Thanks Eric, that makes much more sense. It matches up with what little images i have found on the net.Oily Rag wrote:4 Tons (Load) is pretty average for NG wagons.
The Tare (unladen weight) would vary depending on the construction of the wagon and would be something between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 tons.
It would be written as 2 - 11 - 3 which means 2 Ton (t)- 11 Hundredweight (cwt)) and 3 Stone (s)
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Paul Wood
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