dingle Posted December 19, 2012 Posted December 19, 2012 Working on a couple of Schull & Skibbereen Carriages at the moment. This picture compares one with a 4mm wagon Quote
heirflick Posted December 19, 2012 Posted December 19, 2012 beautiful! any chance of a video clip of your stock on the move please? Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted December 19, 2012 Posted December 19, 2012 I have never really taken to ng modelling but i have to admit i am tempted just looking at your rolling stock. Quote
dingle Posted December 19, 2012 Author Posted December 19, 2012 [ATTACH=CONFIG]4642[/ATTACH] beautiful! any chance of a video clip of your stock on the move please? Sorry, cannot help with that one. Hidden-Agenda, I have been known to mix the two! Some very interesting rolling stock on some of the broad gauge lines. Quote
dingle Posted December 20, 2012 Author Posted December 20, 2012 Talking about mixing broad & narrow, this brake van was inspired by a pair running on the SLNCC. They were used mainly on cattle trains, with a seperate compartment for Drovers. One of my favourite wagons. It is a bit narrower than the prototype, with centre buffers, but I like to think that I captured the spirit of the real one. Tis no great thing of beauty, but mine own. Regards Ken Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 It looks very realistic and is a thing of beauty capturing my imagination certainly.Keep the pics coming Ken. Quote
Garfield Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 [ATTACH=CONFIG]4644[/ATTACH] That looks fantastic, Kevin! Alphagrafix produce a card kit of the 5' 3" van in 7mm scale for anyone who's interested... Quote
dingle Posted December 20, 2012 Author Posted December 20, 2012 Any of you boys running 6 wheel rolling stock? How do you get them round tight curves! I have used a system called the "Cleminson" underframe on mine. I built a WCR six wheel brake, here is a picture of the underframe. Also a couple of simpified earlier systems. Regards Ken Quote
dingle Posted December 22, 2012 Author Posted December 22, 2012 Just finished the two S&S carriages, so, what next? An S&S passenger brake, or a CVR short 1st carriage. Quote
dingle Posted January 1, 2013 Author Posted January 1, 2013 I decided to go for the S&S Passenger Brake, as it has such complex panelling! Glutton for punishment. Each glazed panel has to be painted, then glazing and inner retaining panel fitted. This picture taken, waiting for undercoat on L.H. end of body to dry. Door is mor or less finished. Bottom runner retainer will be fitted when body has been painted and door finally put in place. Quote
Dave Posted January 1, 2013 Posted January 1, 2013 Hi Dingle, very nice work. Do you use a scroll saw for cutting it all out? Quote
dingle Posted January 1, 2013 Author Posted January 1, 2013 Hi Dingle, very nice work. Do you use a scroll saw for cutting it all out? Hello Dave. Most of the work was done with my trusty fretsaw. It has been a good friend over many years, involved in countless items of rolling stock. Here are a pair of early T&D carriages it helped me with. Regards Ken Quote
dingle Posted January 2, 2013 Author Posted January 2, 2013 The two windows in the body are now in place. First the clear plastic was cut slightly oversize, then strips of card the same thickness was glued around the glazing, then a square of card, cut to cover the window & strips was held over the hole in the body, pencilled round the hole, and cut out. This provides a nice neat window frame when the window is fitted in place. Next comes the roof. I have found the best way is to use planks, just like the real thing. This will be covered with a sheet of curtain lining. This will be stuck to the planks with a 50/50 mix of wood glue & water. Once dry, it will be painted. The brick is there to press down on the planks whilst they stick. Quote
Dave Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 Great work, the look fantastic keep those pics coming Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted January 3, 2013 Posted January 3, 2013 I love watching this stuff being built i often wondered about building some oo scale wagons in timber to get the correct look to them. Quote
dingle Posted January 5, 2013 Author Posted January 5, 2013 So, I finished planking the roof, then glued the cotton curtain lining in place. This was cut slightly oversize to start with. The roof was lightly sanded, and given a coat of the 50/50 mix woodglue & water. The lining was laid in place, and given another coat of mix. Left to dry overnight, a third coat of mix was added. When dry, the excess lining was trimmed away, the lamp tops, cut from dowelling were added, then the roof was painted with Dulux emulsion paint. I buy the little tester pots, these do several vehicles, roofs & underframes. Body painting was completed, using Humbrol enamel. I try not to use an undercoat, as too much painting soon fills up the plank scoring. The doors were fitted in place, and the bottom runners were added, to keep the doors in place. These were painted, and the van is more or less finished. If you fancy having a go at some of this S&S stock, I would recommend the book in the photo. Lots of pictures and drawings to work from. 'Tis no great thing of beauty, but mine own. Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 I like this especially as your working with timber and the end result is eye catching well done.How do you do the couplings? Regards Gareth. Quote
dingle Posted January 5, 2013 Author Posted January 5, 2013 I like this especially as your working with timber and the end result is eye catching well done.How do you do the couplings? Regards Gareth. I cut 3/4ins by 1/2ins. slices from a flat sheet of brass. Drill a central hole for a 2mm set screw. This screw goes through the buffer beam to hold the coupling in place and is soldered to the brass slice. Then a short piece of 10mm copper pipe is soldered over the set screw, to the brass. A coach bolt is cut short to fit inside the copper tube, and a hole is drilled through the pipe into the coach bolt shank. Finally a hook bent up from a piece of copper wire is araldited into the hole. This holds the bolt head in place. I tried to solder the whole lot, but found it all fell to pieces! So use the araldite. Cost? about 30pence. A proper centre buffer is about £2-00. rgards Ken Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 A cheap and cheerful way of making them, very impressive end result. Quote
dingle Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 I have started on the CVR 1st class coach, pictured earlier. The drawing I am working from, shows this coach had two compartments, one about one third of the coach had standard upholstered benches along the sides, the other, larger comp. had 8 armchairs, described as "Library chairs". So, surely not for the Hoi Poloi. Must have been built for a special type of traveller. Perhaps for the Directors of the Railway? Can any of you boys enlighten me? Regards Ken Quote
dingle Posted February 9, 2013 Author Posted February 9, 2013 Working on a couple of Cork & Muskerry Rly convertible vans. Used for dry goods and/or livestock. The door control gear is a bit unconventional, but it works for me, as the loading ramps are hinged at the bottom. Next on the blocks will be a Cork, Bandon & South Coast Rly. brake van. Quote
RedRich Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 Great work Ken, it's an area we don't see modelled that often. It's very interesting. Rich, Quote
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