Hi Guys,
A while ago when I placed my last post I said I had made some wagons for a friend in Holland. These were a selection of Saxon wagons of various types. Where posible I will use a propietry chassis if it is available. While there is always a degree of rubber ruling goes on I do try to stick as close as possible to the true sizes of the wagons I am producing. One of the good things about modelling German and Austrian wagons/ coaching stock is that they tended to use standard length chassis for most of their rolling stock. While I do use the LGB chassis, I actually find it easier to produce my own. More often than not it is quicker and more cost effective as well- what is the cost of a few bits of styrene? I use styrene as a medium and have a local guy who mills the planks into large peices for me -thus saving me a pile of money in Plastruct and Evergreen products and I am not confined to their small sizes of available sheet. Detail;ed below are some of these Saxon models that I have built.
This is a wagon type 761 and had a wheelbase of 3m, the most common wheelbase was 3.8m. This is a scratchbuilt body and underframe. The LGB parts used were buffers,pulleys, couplers and wheels. The next wagon is a guards van and was used on both passenger and goods trains. Again it has a scatchbuilt body and underframe. The chimney was made of brass with odd LGB parts and brake rigging.
Number 783 was built between 1909 and 1912. I built it from scratch with LGB parts- buffers, brake pulleys, hand grips and bogies. The bogies are from the LGB American logging disconnects and to look at them they are not too far from what the prototype used.
Bogie box van 764 was built in 1906 to 1812. This has a totally scratchbuilt body and underframe using the usual parts including the log disconnects. Painting this was the hardest part!!
Wagon 762 is like the wagon 778 with a wheel base of 2.7m. The wagon is scratchbuilt various parts off LGB wagons. They also used these wagons as guards vans and postal cars.
This is wagon 778 and the Saxon railways had hundreds of them in service. They had a wheelbase of 2.7m.
Number 685 is a scratchbuilt body and underframe. The timber load is something that I,as a carpenter, have been able to produce. I use poplar timber which when dry is light, and then glue them together to form block stacking. I find in this scale you can't replicate a realistic wood load that has just been saw groved. This wagon has a 3-8m wheelbase.
Wagon number 781 was an orphan wagon. It was built in 1892 with a wheelbase of 3.0m. It was rebuilt to have a standard 3.8m underframe in 1911. It was designed to carry tractors and light machinery up to 5 tonnes. The interesting thing about this wagon is that the deck is 2114mm wide- the normal Saxon width being 1700mm.
Postal wagon 708 has a totally scratchbuilt body and underframe. I used a LGB standard skylight- why re-invent the wheel
Again I used the LGB disconnects for the bogies (which are a pig to repaint) and the usual brake gear.
A while ago when I placed my last post I said I had made some wagons for a friend in Holland. These were a selection of Saxon wagons of various types. Where posible I will use a propietry chassis if it is available. While there is always a degree of rubber ruling goes on I do try to stick as close as possible to the true sizes of the wagons I am producing. One of the good things about modelling German and Austrian wagons/ coaching stock is that they tended to use standard length chassis for most of their rolling stock. While I do use the LGB chassis, I actually find it easier to produce my own. More often than not it is quicker and more cost effective as well- what is the cost of a few bits of styrene? I use styrene as a medium and have a local guy who mills the planks into large peices for me -thus saving me a pile of money in Plastruct and Evergreen products and I am not confined to their small sizes of available sheet. Detail;ed below are some of these Saxon models that I have built.
This is a wagon type 761 and had a wheelbase of 3m, the most common wheelbase was 3.8m. This is a scratchbuilt body and underframe. The LGB parts used were buffers,pulleys, couplers and wheels. The next wagon is a guards van and was used on both passenger and goods trains. Again it has a scatchbuilt body and underframe. The chimney was made of brass with odd LGB parts and brake rigging.
Number 783 was built between 1909 and 1912. I built it from scratch with LGB parts- buffers, brake pulleys, hand grips and bogies. The bogies are from the LGB American logging disconnects and to look at them they are not too far from what the prototype used.
Bogie box van 764 was built in 1906 to 1812. This has a totally scratchbuilt body and underframe using the usual parts including the log disconnects. Painting this was the hardest part!!
Wagon 762 is like the wagon 778 with a wheel base of 2.7m. The wagon is scratchbuilt various parts off LGB wagons. They also used these wagons as guards vans and postal cars.
This is wagon 778 and the Saxon railways had hundreds of them in service. They had a wheelbase of 2.7m.
Number 685 is a scratchbuilt body and underframe. The timber load is something that I,as a carpenter, have been able to produce. I use poplar timber which when dry is light, and then glue them together to form block stacking. I find in this scale you can't replicate a realistic wood load that has just been saw groved. This wagon has a 3-8m wheelbase.
Wagon number 781 was an orphan wagon. It was built in 1892 with a wheelbase of 3.0m. It was rebuilt to have a standard 3.8m underframe in 1911. It was designed to carry tractors and light machinery up to 5 tonnes. The interesting thing about this wagon is that the deck is 2114mm wide- the normal Saxon width being 1700mm.
Postal wagon 708 has a totally scratchbuilt body and underframe. I used a LGB standard skylight- why re-invent the wheel
Again I used the LGB disconnects for the bogies (which are a pig to repaint) and the usual brake gear.
