Bored So what did I do?

[Trainman]

As winter sets in I got bored and have just finished a run of 4 L&B bogie wagons. I decided to make 2 X braced and 2 steel braced ones. One is for a mate who will do the painting and decalling for mine and his. I will make a rake of SDR hoppers for him later. I have just made a rake of 6 for me and was pleased with their sucess. Pics later. The bogie vans were made with a ply carcass with basswood scribed planking over laid. Wood 3x3mm bracing followed by GRS details and decals. I like the bass wood as it seems pretty stable for gluing and painting etc. Good medium to work with. I have made one previously out of a GRS kit- good kit too but expensive when it has to be posted to New Zealand!!!

Photos added to main message for (Much) better viewing by Peter Bunce - moderator

 

[owlpool]

boredom was obviously a good catalyst
great wagons

 

[dragon]

They look well finished.

 

[yb281]

Oh yes! I like them.

 

[3Valve]

Top drawer

 

[peterbunce]

Hi,

Very nice, thanks for the superb photos, excellent work!

Yours PeterB

 

[stockers]

More photos after your mates done the paintwork please

 

[Martino]

Very, very nice.

I like those a lot.

 

[Trainman]

Thanks. Will do so later. I am relatively new to 16mm but after modelling Austrian it is a refreshing change.

 

[JRinTawa]

Nice stuff Henrick, I've a couple of projects you can do for me next time your bored

 

[Shawn]

Looks great dont know if I would call in borded, creative might be better.

 

[Trainman]

Here are some pics of some more of my recent projects. As you can guess I am a L&B nut with a few scenic detours. I work mostly in styrene but have recently have started in wood. I find it very enjoyable and quite a good medium to use. With styrene you have solvents etc to use, and being a "gash" modeller, I find PVA more forgiving and workable. Anyway enough rabbiting on.

 

[Trainman]

The other wagons are all built of styrene. The L&B boxes and opens are made from a GRS chassis detail kit and various accessories from their catologue and hand scribed styrene. I purchased a wagon kit then used it as a "dummy" for my own run of wagons. I built two of each. Then started on the guards van. Again I built two of those- one for me and one for my painter/ decaller. What I do struggle with is curved rooves. I am aware of the GRS styrene ones but am experimenting with steaming 1.5mm plywood. Been mildly sucessful to date but need to experiment more I think.

Previously to this I built two W&L guards vans (painted and decalled SR) for our goods trains. I always thought the L&B bogie brake van looked out of sorts with a rake of four wheeled stock so opted for this measure. I just figured that as the L&B really never closed and when the W&L did they sold some stock to the L&B. Total rubbish but rule 8 prevails.

 

[yb281]

I've struggled with curved roofs in the past too (especially keeping the edges straight) , but I recently built an IP Engineering guards van which came with a sheet of thickish plastic card to make the roof with and I came up with this improvised jig using two lengths of track and a couple of clamps. I set it up to bend the plastic slightly more than was required (to account for a little "spring back" when released) and just left it in the jig for 15 hours. A little gentle heat from a hot air gun or similar might help, but I didn't bother.

After 15 hours I removed the roof and it fitted pretty much perfectly. A little masking tape to hold the roof in place while the glue set and it was spot-on, the edges of the roof being nice and straight.

 

[Mez]

You got some nice stock there sir!

 

[Tony]

The quality of the detail is just stunning

Tony

 

[yb281]

Oh yes, meant to say, really smashing models. The open wagon with the tarp rail is my favourite.

 

[Trainman]

Thanks for the kind words. I do like the idea for bending the styrene roof. Will give it a whirl for the bogie brake van over the next week or so. Thanks for that.

Henrik

 

[supagav]

Lovely models, great work

All the best,
Gavin

 

[trammayo]

Yes, great modelling. The stock really looks the bee's knees!

Mick