G64 Troublesome Truck Conversion

[yb281]

Re:G64 back to back

Would it be possible to see some more shots of that tanker?

Thanks

No worries Simon, I'll take some shots outside tomorrow and stick em on a separate thread to avoid hijacking this one.

Don't worry about that mate, post away - I wanna see the pics too. Maybe have a plan .

Just one thing - maybe you could change the thread title? I didn't plan for it to get this long originally, but it seems to have caused quite a lot of interest.

 

[3Valve]

No probs Mel. Title changed.

 

[Rhinochugger]

........... and stick em on a separate thread to avoid hijacking this one.

Something wrong, Shirley :-:-:-

 

[3Valve]

Shirley not

 

[3Valve]

More pictures of the Milk Tanker as promised. Sorry they're a bit late.

 

[yb281]

Mmmm, thanks mate. Doesn't look as if cutting the chassis for re-gauging would work like it does on the coal wagons as the chassis is visible under the tank? Maybe some plasticard deck extensions might work though?

 

[3Valve]

My thinking exactly mate.

 

[yb281]

I wanted to model my second standard gauge wagon as being empty, but it looked a bit boring. So I thought a folded up tarpaulin dumped on the floor would add a bit of interest. I was going to try with the Solartex that I've used for tarps before, but then I nicked this idea off Bram.

Take one plain cotton handkerchief about the right size, dip it in well diluted PVA glue, fold it neatly as a tarp would be folded, hang it flat to dry in the sun, when it's gone nice and stiff ( &: ), paint it. Et voila ...........

I painted it with one of my most used colours, Tamiya acrylic matt NATO black. The lettering is supposed to be the last few letters of "British Railways (W)" as in Western Region. The whole thing was then dry brushed with matt dark grey. I'm really pleased with the way the seem around the edge turned out.

One last thing ............. you'll just have to use your sleeve, the same as the rest of us .

 

[yb281]

A sneeky peeky of my latest G.3 Thomas conversion, a covered van. It's based on an ex GWR bannana van. The body simply fits over the existing open wagon. Still at the primer stage at the mo.

Count them rivetts Mikey .

 

[yb281]

Ventilated van now all painted up and weathered.

Old instructions and destinations chalked onto the sides just showing through the murk. The colour scheme was inspired by a photo in the January edition of British Railway Modelling.

In the interchange siding with the mineral wagons and alongside narrow gauge stock (Accucraft L&B wagons).

 

[hornbeam]

like the van a lot!

how did you go about building it?

 

[yb281]

Thanks. The van body was made from plastic card, plastic and brass angle. It just slips over one of the Bachmann mineral wagons. More details and photos are being prepared for a future article in Garden Rail.

 

[jameshilton]

That's lovely! How many more standard gauge wagons are you planning Mel?

 

[yb281]

That's lovely! How many more standard gauge wagons are you planning Mel?

Not many more James, I've only got an 8' long siding. I am wondering about one of the Thomas coaches turned into a CCT type mail van?

Oh and a loco would be nice .

 

[yb281]

Ventilated van now all painted up and weathered

190 - give or take a couple, would need closeups to be absolutely certain

Drat, there should be 192 on the Mk3b .

 

[mbiff]

proper dead smart matey - i lioks it

 

[yb281]

proper dead smart matey - i lioks it

Cheers Marko .

 

[yb281]

The ex Highley Mining Co. wagon is being left unloaded, but it didn't look right as it (understandably) didn't have any internal strapping. This was put right this afternoon.

A few ropes were also added to the tarpaulin.

Some more rivets for Mike to count .

 

[Granitechops]

Stop it mel. stop it Mel....
I am getting more tempted to do my Std gauge wagon body, then the track & the tunnel for it to dissapear into . . . . . ad infi . . .

Like the tarp in the wagon floor
but at the risk of you calling me a 'rope colour counter'
having been a lorry driver & sheeted many a load, I have never seen ropes that colour even on brand new tarps, usually a brown wrapping paper colour over to dark mahogany as it ages & gets dragged throu the dirt, but very rarely black thou

But by now.I bet you have already weathered it
Ps, I would probably do one of a steel 16 ton mineral wagon, as I used to load umpteen of them

 

[C&S]

Re:G64 back to back

The truck alongside the ng rolling stock looks the business. Just a small point, but has tinkering with the chassis width made a difference to the distance between the buffers? Somehow they look a bit close together - I've just had a look at some prototype drawings in old magazines which suggests the buffer's vertical centre line should fall just an inch or so outside the outer face of the wheels; this puts the inner edge of the buffer curve (on a round goods truck buffer) above the inner edge of the rail. I'll go off and count a few rivets now, until supper-time.

BTW what's that bus driver doing in the goods yard? Is he undergoing re-training for a new job, I wonder? He did start off with a railway job, after all.