Sealion / seacow

[JasonB]

Hows things everyone.Ive just a quick question,im going to start re painting some bachmann sealion /seacow wagons over the weekend into NIR yellow livery.The thing is 4 of the 7 wagons have a mesh canopy which must have been added to the later seacow units.I just want make sure this wasnt on any of NIRs wagons before i snip it off,any of the pictures ive seen didnt have the canopy.Any help would be great thanks.

[Garfield]

Welcome to the forum, Jason! I'm sure one of the NIR specialists will be along in due course with an answer for you.

[73.River.Roe.]

Hi Jason welcome, you are correct NIR didn't have any of these mesh canopies on their seacows so nip away lol... Colin.

[JasonB]

Hi Jason welcome, you are correct NIR didn't have any of these mesh canopies on their seacows so nip away lol... Colin.

 

Thanks colin,thought so just wanted to make sure before i took the knife to them:tumbsup:

[heirflick]

 

to be sure............ please post pics of your progress as you go!

[Broithe]

That right-hand one's had a fair bang......

[JasonB]

Will do if i ever get a chance to start them! Thanks for the picture it covers all bases.

[JasonB]

Another small project im working on,ive 6 of these autoballasters to do,ive just weatherd one lightly.Again any feedback would be great as to does it look ok or am i going wrong anywhere along the line?

[73.River.Roe.]

Hi Jason your weathering looks ok to me and not too much grime lightly done that's how I like it

[JasonB]

Thanks:)

[BosKonay]

Very nice Jason! What techniques did you use? Just enough grime

[JasonB]

Powders and some washes,then sealed it with matt varnish with the airbrush once the ballast load hardend.

[Old Blarney]

Jason,

 

It is, I believe, important to remember this; it is your model railway, your rolling stock and your right to have on it what you wish.

 

I have many different items on my railway. Not all of these should be running at the same time - but, it is my railway, and I run on it, that which I wish to run, at the time I wish to.

 

There are many wonderful model railways depicted on this forum created by many people with varying skills and expertise. I have learnt from observing many of these layouts, however, I still remain true to my belief that I shall enjoy my layout as I wish to. If you don't do this you will constantly be chasing perfection, something that cannot ever exist. Improvement and advances will always outdate that of yesterday.

 

Time would appear to be on your side as I assume you are a young person. May you have many years of enjoyment in this wonderful hobby which allows us to start, leave, and return to it as time and finances allow.

 

My first electric model railway was given to me when I was 12 or 13 Years old, it was Tri-ang. I'm a fairly ancient old fossil now, however, I have two railways, one at home and one exhibition model "Old Blarney". Old B will be exhibited at the Falkirk Model Railway Exhibition, Falkirk, Scotland, this November, 2014. I hope to have three rakes if NIR passenger stock Hunslet, Blue Grey and the Inter City as well as my ballast wagons - sealion /seacow on the layout. There are a number photographs and video of OB on this forum, have a look if you wish.

 

Remember we are hear to assist you in the pursuit of your hobby.

 

Good luck and may you enjoy many years of railway modelling.

 

David J, White.

[JasonB]

Thanks David,very wise words indeed.

[murphaph]

Reviving this rather than starting a new thread.

Did these wagons make it down south? If so, what's the furthest the got?

[Garfield]

It's quite likely they would have had to visit Dundalk for the loco to run around if ballasting south of Newry.

Just a note on the wagons themselves - they were Walruses, not Sealions/Seacows.  

[Robert Shrives]

As Garfield notes and as the picture shows  a difference was it had operating wheels etc at one end only. Worth checking but IIRC the vac cylinder was at the non operating end, so to get a better look you will, like me, have a little bag of spares. 

Check out Railtec transfers Irish range for numbers and crests - I am sure that you will have the weathering  spot on! 

Robert  

[jhb171achill]

7 hours ago, Garfield said:

Just a note on the wagons themselves - they were Walruses, not Sealions/Seacows.  

Curious question: what is the origin of this bizarre British classification of goods stock? Was it wartime codes or something like that?

(An ICR would have to be a "spider").

[Galteemore]

Telegraphic codes. GWR was a big user eg Mink, Hydra etc. https://www.svrwiki.com/Telegraph_codes

First brass kit I made was an O gauge ‘Loriot’

Edited January 15, 2021 by Galteemore

[popeye]

Some of these wagons had operating wheels at both ends, probably at first

and then later removed.

Here is a picture of one at Downpatrick.

Not my picture.