More Hartland wagon bodging...

[beancounter]

An engineers/tool wagon, loosely based on drawings for an MOD flat wagon:

Lolly sticks for the ends, the inevitable coffee stirrers for the floor and toolbox, a Trenarren models oil drum, various plastic card and odds and ends...and lots of Cambrian rivet heads :wits:

It's part of my embryonic PWD train, along with a 2-plank sand wagon (Hartland again) that I made a few moths ago:

 

[Richie]

Very nice work John
Where do you get your cambrian rivet heads from are they metal :thinking:

 

[Gizzy]

Wow, a total tra(i)nsformation John!

I'd have said they were more Accucraft, than HLW?

Only the axle boxes give it away....

 

[yb281]

Excellent job John. Those Hartland wagons are absolute gold dust aren't they? The fitting of Accucraft choppers is a good idea.

Richie, link to Cambrian models website. Click on the 16mm link and scroll down for the rivets. They're plastic BTW.

http://cambrianmodels.co.uk/

 

[Richie]

Excellent job John. Those Hartland wagons are absolute gold dust aren't they? The fitting of Accucraft choppers is a good idea.

Richie, link to Cambrian models website. Click on the 16mm link and scroll down for the rivets. They're plastic BTW.

http://cambrianmodels.co.uk/

Cheers for the link Mel

 

[kev peel]

excellent transformation look super well done

 

[beavercreek]

Wow. What lovely little wagons. They would just fit on a branch line anywhere.

 

[mike]

love the atetion to detail, the padlocks awsum!

 

[ge_rik]

What really works well is the paint job. Really sharp detail. I've not thought of painting the solebars grey - I must think again about some of my Hartland bashes.

Thanks - really inspirational

Rik

 

[beancounter]

Thanks for the comments, chaps.

Mike, the padlock comes from an old Phoenix detailing set for a Bachmann boxcar - never throw anything away!

Interesting comment about the paint-job, Rik - to me it's the least satisfying part. Trying to paint the strapping & rivets was a real pain; I'm pondering painting them before application in the future.

 

[Cyclone]

I find painting lolly sticks and stirrers quite difficult. They are very coarse and I cant get a good finish. Any tips?

 

[beavercreek]

I find painting lolly sticks and stirrers quite difficult. They are very coarse and I cant get a good finish. Any tips?

I pre-spray them before cutting and sticking, then it is only a little touching up that is needed. Or I use alcohol stains which readily seep into the wood and give a nice 'rough weatherbeaten' used look