Rob's 7mm Rolling Stock Workbench

[jwealleans]

Looks nice, but it'll be lonely - what you need is one of these nice ROD 20T vans to go with it.

[Robpulham]

If I could get enough info and axleboxes etc I might be tempted to have a go

[Robpulham]

During the course of the last week I have managed to get this primed and painted - I just need to decide on whether it will have LMS or MR trasnsfers on it.

[Robpulham]

Well, my thoughts on MR or LMS transfers were sidetracked by not really getting to the bottom of what these wagons might have been used for post war. That and Jonathan Wealleans coming up with the suggestion of finishing it in W^D livery with secret contents - along the lines of "if I tell you what it's carrying I would have to kill you". Anyone who knows me well will understand how much this appealed to my sense of humour so here we are.





Once again the transfers are home made and printed on white decal paper.

[Robpulham]

I collected one of these at Leigh show from Paul at EDM Models

Having got it I was keen to give it a try so having picked up an idea for another wagon load while watching the many youtube videos of Pete Waterman's layout - (just got an infinity upgrade from my puny 1.2mb that I have suffered with for years which makes watching youtube an absolute pleasure!).
So this is what I came up with.




The nails are .3mm holes drilled and then touched with a pin point dipped in a dilute solution of Vallejo Charred Brown acrylic.

[Robpulham]

In between a visit to the NE Steam Gala at Locomotion and other bit's and pieces I had the paints out and got the NBR4 Plank weathered.





And lastly a couple of shots of the latest examples together.

[Robpulham]

After a heavy week last week supporting the election in Wakefield I had a steady weekend on the modelling front.

A plea on the guild want adds had supplied me with some spare transfers for the Tar Tank and by golly I needed them:oops::mad:













Now I need to decide how to weather it - the sides of the tank are still glossy from the transfer coat.

[52D]

Like the tar tank and know Gunness wharf quite well.

[Robpulham]

Like the tar tank and know Gunness wharf quite well.

Thanks!

[Robpulham]

Despite using the NBR 4 plank to "show off" the packing case that I built from coffee stirrers it was never it's intended load.

While browsing the NBR section of LNER wagons volume 3 (as I was detailing the 4 plank and making up the body for the drop side version) I noted that when carrying barrels the NBR had made use of what I can only liken to the plaited rope fenders that ships and barges etc. use to protect the sides of the vessel whilst docking.











Using an idea given to me by Bob Alderman, I used short strands of sisal string for the straw and Chris kindly plaited some longer lengths of string that had been separated into individual strands and I then coiled them up and glued them into a flat cushion. After colouring them with dilute paint and trying them in the wagon with the barrels I found that two together created a better effect.

[richard]

The Yorks & Lincs tar wagon was also in red (indian?) ? I also have one of those Slaters kits which I was going to build next weekend (looks like a nice evening hobby project whilst away) and note it is illustrated in black...?

[Robpulham]

Hi Richard,

As I understand it, no 9 which the transfers in the kit portray was black. No 2 however was red which was why I chose it.

When you get to applying the transfers you will need to cut and re-space them to get them to fit on the tank side.

[richard]

Thanks - Sounds like poor planning by Slaters!

[Robpulham]

While reading up on the WD wagon in Essery I also noted a few pictures of a Midland Railway shunters truck similar to the ones that the GWR had. I wondered if the LNER or it's constituents had anything similar.

An enquiry on the forum revealed that the GCR has a couple and the NER had built one. No photos or drawings have emerged for the GCR examples but by fortunate coincidence I had (unbeknown to me at the time) I had a copy of the drawing for the NER example which is included in the Railway Snowploughs in the North East book by David and Claire Williamson.
I had to use a bit of modellers license in this one because although the NER built it in 1902, in 1907 it was rebuilt into a double ended snowplough (hence it's inclusion in the book).

This is a true multimedia build:
The floor and step boards are coffee stirrers
The rest of the timber work is styrene strip
The handrail stanchions are brass split pins with piano wire rails
Brass handrail knobs and nickel wire make up the lower handrails.
The hand brake column is a Slaters casting
The W Irons and V hangers are Slaters from the spares box as are the axle boxes but I did modify them with styrene.
The springs and hangers are scratch built from styrene strip and angle
Buffers are Haywood Railway and the couplings are Parkside.

[richard]

The shunter's truck didn't take long!


You're choosing some tempting prototypes, but I just don't have the time and it is only going to get worse this summer.