CIE Brakevan.

[popeye]

Here are a few pic's of a CIE Brakevan that i built. It's not the right length, it's a 10ft wheelbase and i believe it should be 12ft. But i had started

to build before i found out about the correct length. To late now.

 

 

Edited April 16, 2013 by popeye

[Glenderg]

Popeye, that is very very impressive. Is the vacuum pipe scratchbuilt? The lamp brackets...!? even custom J hangers wow.. the brake gear underneath and the weathering is suitably sublime. It doesn't even look too short in the photo. R.

[Sentinel281]

Hello Popeye,

 

nevertheless a great vehicle you built despite the wheelbase. BTW: I think I would not have noticed it... . I like the modifications you made to the underframe with these round spring-pots and also the nicely done weathering. Could you perhaps say a word how you made the brake pipes? I need a set to complete my A Class wich alas comes from Silverfoxmodels without pipes. Great work, thanks for sharing!

 

Cheers,

 

Gerhard.

[Weshty]

Lovely job, great attention to detail, and some amount of work. The painting and weathering are very tastefully done too.

[popeye]

Hi Thanks for the comments. The brake pipe is just a bit of guitar string. I never did learn to play that thing.

[Warbonnet]

Very nice as always Popeye, any chance of seeing more of your layout?

[Glenderg]

Hi Thanks for the comments. The brake pipe is just a bit of guitar string. I never did learn to play that thing.

Nice! I've even heard of someone using the filament of a light bulb to do the same thing. Not me, honest...

[burnthebox]

Popeye, I would have not noticed anything different, very well done, a great piece of work, detail look's great,

[Sentinel281]

Hi Thanks for the comments. The brake pipe is just a bit of guitar string. I never did learn to play that thing.

 

At school I had a classmate that played the guitar very well, today he's a professional at our musical hall. He always told us guitar players jokes like this one that I remember best: What's the difference between violin and piano? The piano will burn longer...

 

Thanks for the hint, I will have to look for a shop selling guitar strings.

[Weshty]

Hi Thanks for the comments. The brake pipe is just a bit of guitar string. I never did learn to play that thing.

 

I made up some brakepipes using 0.6mm wire with 0.15mm wire for the ribbing, prototypically correct but looks too fine for a model. Guitar wire definitely is the job. D light gauge?

[Dave]

Looks great

[kevrail]

Great Job How long did it take you to complete?

[Kirley]

Great detail on your build, especially the underframe.

[Guest hidden-agenda]

Great end result.

[scahalane]

I'm a great fan of the old plastic card myself, you made a great job of it, excellent finish as well.

[heirflick]

superb work! how did you make the lookout?

[popeye]

It took a few months to build on and off. The lookouts or duckets were taken from an old brakevan. Here is a pic of my Ploughvan

also too short & the duckets made from plasticard it's hard to get the shape just right. the lines on the glass were made by scrapping lines across with a pin & run a black marker over the glass then wet your finger & rub it off then some will stay in the lines

that you made.

 

Edited April 16, 2013 by popeye

[Sulzer201]

Popeye well done she looks brilliant.

[Mayner]

Both really look the part, the spring hangers and dampers transform the under frame, what chassis did you use?

[Weshty]

Very, very nice, and being scratchbuilt, you probably love it more than you would any superdetailed Backky or Hornby equivalent!

 

You could probably tell a tale for every square centimeter or it.

[heirflick]

Great tip about the lines on the glass:tumbsup:

[jhb171achill]

Absolutely STUNNING! Very realistic weathered paint job too.

[Guest hidden-agenda]

Nice job and like the windows.

[irishthump]

Wonderful work, both vans look the business!

[popeye]

The chassis that was used on both Parkside Dundas 10ft underframe kit PA16 £2.00 or 12 ft kit PA10 £2.00. They are cheap & you can modify as you like.

I changed the brakegear & made my own buffers to make it look more irish.

[enniscorthyman]

A really nice job,well done.

[islandbridgejct]

Popeye, that is very very impressive. Is the vacuum pipe scratchbuilt? The lamp brackets...!? even custom J hangers wow.. the brake gear underneath and the weathering is suitably sublime. It doesn't even look too short in the photo. R.

 

I'll second that. Fantastic.

[Barl]

That's a great job, the underframe detail is excellent!

[Noel]

Here are a few pic's of a CIE Brakevan that i built. It's not the right length, it's a 10ft wheelbase and i believe it should be 12ft. But i had started

to build before i found out about the correct length. To late now.

 

 

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Only found this old post tonight as I was trawling old threads. An absolutely stunning example of scratch building using plastic card, detailing, and then finishing off with a precise painting and weathering finish. Sublime and inspiring as to what can be done.

 

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[jhb171achill]

Superb job, absolutely brilliant.

 

Jobs like this show that a modeller on an extremely restricted budget can still follow this type of example and produce something totally convincing. Top class job.

[popeye]

Thanks. This was posted 4 years ago, Time flies.

Now that the ballast wagons are on their way i will need to build another ploughvan.