Hi all, I visited the Telford Narrow gage show a couple of weeks ago. It was great, a good show was Put on.
While there I decided to buy a rake of 5 Swift sixteen 7/8ths tub wagons, I decided they'd look right with LGB.
The kits were simple, in fact hardly a kit at all, Just stick the axles in place. They even came with metal wheels.
They do need a little work on the couplings to make the LGB compatible. This was easy. using a Dremmel type tool, I trimmed a chunk off the end big enough for the LGB coupling in its place, and just screwed it on. the resin is vey easy to work with.
I have decided to keep them as fixed formation, there fore I needed to only alter two of the couplings, on at each end of the rake. Also If I wanted to add any more I can Just drop them into the formation.
All that was needed then was a paint job.
The pain is grey primer, followed by stardust silver, with various coats of oxide red primer, matt black and a spray weathering dye called oily brown.
Not too bad for less than two hours work, and £120.
While there I decided to buy a rake of 5 Swift sixteen 7/8ths tub wagons, I decided they'd look right with LGB.
The kits were simple, in fact hardly a kit at all, Just stick the axles in place. They even came with metal wheels.
They do need a little work on the couplings to make the LGB compatible. This was easy. using a Dremmel type tool, I trimmed a chunk off the end big enough for the LGB coupling in its place, and just screwed it on. the resin is vey easy to work with.
I have decided to keep them as fixed formation, there fore I needed to only alter two of the couplings, on at each end of the rake. Also If I wanted to add any more I can Just drop them into the formation.
All that was needed then was a paint job.
The pain is grey primer, followed by stardust silver, with various coats of oxide red primer, matt black and a spray weathering dye called oily brown.
Not too bad for less than two hours work, and £120.
