Alan's Workbench

[Horsetan]

5 hours ago, Tullygrainey said:

I've looked at CSB but I've yet to try it. I find it hard enough to fit a single compensation beam between the frames as it is. As well as getting it in the right place!

When done properly, it takes up a little less space than compensation, and leaves more room for inside motion.....

[David Holman]

Witchcraft and alchemy!

Respect....

[Tullygrainey]

11 hours ago, Horsetan said:

... and leaves more room for inside motion.....

I think for me that might remain a bridge not crossed 

[Tullygrainey]

Casting around for something to do at the weekend. 

I'll need a few more bits of rolling stock for Kilmore. I made these moulds from plasticard and brass masters a few years ago. 

 

The trick is to pour just the right amount of resin into the mould so it's fully filled but doesn't rise above the level of the top of the mould. I haven't mastered that yet so these castings need a lot of work with files before they can even be glued together to make a reasonably square wagon body. Provincial Wagons this ain't!

 

Making the body is just the start. Chassis are the next challenge. In the past I've used hacked Dapol kit chassis and sprung etched brass kits from Brassmasters. 

In the case of the BCDR stock, outside W irons are an added hurdle. Currently, I'm using bits from MJT wagon compensation etches to make these but it's challenging, very time consuming and uses only a few modified bits of the etch and not in the way intended. Also, what's left of the etch isn't much use for anything. 

There must be an easier way!

Alan

 

[Mol_PMB]

Very nice work, but obviously fiddly! Well done.

[Dunluce Castle]

Lovely work. It’s going to be great to see a full rake of wagons running on the layout at future exhibitions. 
 

I have seen a sheet of outside W irons created by joint effort of modellers Gareth, Kieran and @Patrick Davey(?) a number of years ago on plasticard. 
 

If ever an etched sheet was to be produced on brass, containing only the outside W iron, I would definitely put my name down! 

[Patrick Davey]

13 minutes ago, Dunluce Castle said:

Lovely work. It’s going to be great to see a full rake of wagons running on the layout at future exhibitions. 
 

I have seen a sheet of outside W irons created by joint effort of modellers Gareth, Kieran and @Patrick Davey(?) a number of years ago on plasticard. 
 

If ever an etched sheet was to be produced on brass, containing only the outside W iron, I would definitely put my name down! 

Nice to be thought of as being capable of this sort of precision Nelson, thank you, but I wasn't on this team 

[Tullygrainey]

48 minutes ago, Dunluce Castle said:

Lovely work. It’s going to be great to see a full rake of wagons running on the layout at future exhibitions. 
 

I have seen a sheet of outside W irons created by joint effort of modellers Gareth, Kieran and @Patrick Davey(?) a number of years ago on plasticard. 
 

If ever an etched sheet was to be produced on brass, containing only the outside W iron, I would definitely put my name down! 

Me too Nelson!

[Galteemore]

It’s quite possible to get that sorted. I have used 4D modelshop in London to draw up etches for me. If a few of you were chipping in that would be a cost effective way of paying off the design fee. I have no connection with the firm but they did me a fabulous job. Results of which I hope to post soon….