Garden Railway Forum

It would appear that i'm becomming a Phil Sharples Kit Junkie! Oh well i suppose there are worse things to be addicted to

This is his basic Flat Wagon Kit. Fortunately the chassis parts are similar in dimensions to his Coal Wagon Kit and fitted into the jig i built for that wagon nicely.

The full build will be covered on my website here http://www.alspcs.com/PSBFlat.html

That's interesting - I never felt the need to use a jig for the coal tubs as putting the verticals in position made a ready-made location for the top and bottom layers.

I don't suppose it matters which way you do it Brian. I built the chassis first and put the verticals in afterwards.
With my Coal Wagons i found that aligning the rivet detail on the verticals with the centre of the planks meant
that the verticals didn't reach the bottom layer. I also had 8 to do and just thought the jig would make life easier

Ok, here's the completed flat wagon. Just need to make a suitable load for it now.

Just in case anyone is wondering, the side lugs and tie down rings are not currently part of the kit.

Super work Alan, that's a lovely model.

Thanks but as i've said before most of the credit should go to Phil, his little kits are excellent.