Gunpowder van

ge_rik

ge_rik

British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
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Take one trinket box from `The Works`
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Add one Hartland chassis
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some plasticard strips and a few (hundred) Cambrian rivets ...
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Result = one Gunpowder Van for the Bickerton Mining Company
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I can`t take any credit for the originality of the idea - I`m sure someone (maybe on this forum) has beaten me to it. But the outcome is quite pleasing. Definitely needs some transfers and some judicious weathering - looks far too pristine for my railway..
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Rik
 
Superb! Looks just the job, and your railway must have bought, or had made, some new rolling stock, so maybe no weathering (other than the natural sort) needed
 
Wow.. a gunpowder van, that looks a real blast. I like the way the body was fused to the frame.

David
 
playmofire said:
Superb! Looks just the job, and your railway must have bought, or had made, some new rolling stock, so maybe no weathering (other than the natural sort) needed
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I could always argue that its predecessor met an unexpected and catastrophic end ..... ;D

Rik
 
David1226 said:
Wow.. a gunpowder van, that looks a real blast. I like the way the body was fused to the frame.
David
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Kindly leave the stage ...... before you're fired!!! ;)

Rik
 
Lovely job, Rik - I think Swift Sixteen do one in resin (in 16mm), but I'm sure yours was much more satisfying to build! ;)

Jon.
 
Wow how cool is that ;D
 
Zerogee said:
Lovely job, Rik - I think Swift Sixteen do one in resin (in 16mm), but I'm sure yours was much more satisfying to build! ;)

Jon.
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Darn it. I wish I'd seen his before making mine - the photos on his website give a lot more detail than I found on t'internet. Oh well, as with all my models, they are 'representations' of the real thing - mine was clearly put together by the local blacksmith after seeing one on his visits to Snowdonia... :D

Rik
 
Rik, do not worry it is perfect. From memory though they being metal do attract Metal Wood Worm (Rust) so perhaps some small deposits at straping edges. Love the off tge wall thinking of the Works Trinket Box. Reckon yours will have saved you a few bob from any kit. Plus the satisfaction of your own creation is something you cannot put a price on.
JonD
 
BTW - I've blogged the build in a bit more detail (not that there's much more to it) if anyone wants to take a loook - http://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-i-constructed-gunpowder-van-from.html

Rik
 
I go out for the day and look what turns up. Great lateral thinking with resultant great model. Looks really good!
 
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