Today on the WGLR

yb281 said:
Rhinochugger said:
yb281 said:
Rhinochugger said:
I wondered - what size is the battery pack ?

Voltage
AA or sub C
Mah
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10 x Nimh 1.2 volt rechargeable AA's. I've got two battery RC wagons both with the same size battery packs and all my 4 coupled locos run off them (not at the same time :bigsmile: ).
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Cheers mate - I'm planning on converting SWMBO's C****** present to battery after the fat red man has delivered it. I'm told that the Bachmann 45t is quite easy to convert, but I'm thinking of going 14.4v subC (go LARGE :bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile: )
Well, you have to remember that the Fn3 caboose is brass, and tips the scales a bit :rolf:
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I'm planning a couple more battery conversions possibly using the Li-Ons that Peter (Whatlep) uses, but once again with the Cliff Barker RC kit. Cliff does really good prices on the Nimh's BTW.
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I'm not sure whether to go Cliff Barker or Brian Jones :onphone:
 
Mel that is a heavy job but looks great too - totally in keeping with the other items of stock. What model airbrush have you gone for?
 
jameshilton said:
What model airbrush have you gone for?
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It's a Paasche H series James. To be honest I didn't pick it, the wife bought it for me. I've just got used to using a double action job and this is back to being single action. I'm still not entirely sure whether I'll use the Paasche for everything. I think the best solution might turn out to be to use the single action for complete re-sprays and the double action for weathering and detail work as it's easier to adjust once you get used to it?
 
Your Davenport looks FANTASTIC Mel :bigsmile: looks very nice in your second pic going along the narrows :love:
 
Mel - that's what I said when I got a second airbrush, but now I just use the double action for everything despite it being a top cup one so not always great for resprays!

Seeing your Davenport so nicely dirty makes me wonder about doing something with my 'non' Davenport.
 
Many of you will remember that the WGLR Mk1 included a couple of sidings which served an RAF Maintenance Unit. I've decided that a new version will appear when the current work going on in the garden (otherwise known as the "seating area") has been finished. I thought it would be good to build a complete train of War Dept. vans to go with the WD loco no.242 (AKA Hank the Yank). I've also decided to base my older (pre-preservation era) goods stock on the Hartland 4 wheel chassis as the wagons built on these chassis are quite small and look really good next to my standard gauge stock.

I recently bought a couple of basic chassis off Steve at Back2Bay6 and have built van bodies to fit out of plasticard.

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I've used an idea I came up with with my standard gauge ventilated van, the body of which just slots on top of a Thomas Troublesome Truck. In this case the van body will fit onto one of my existing flat wagons, so although I want at least 4 vans minimum plus a matching brake van, I don't neccasarily have to buy the chassis and replacement wheels straight away.

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Very goodly use of plasticard indeed, had you not said, I would have thought that the body was a commercially available one. You are such a resourceful lad Mel.........
 
beavercreek said:
Very goodly use of plasticard indeed, had you not said, I would have though that the body was a commercially available one. You are such a resourceful lad Mel.........
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Cheers Mike. Just to give some idea of the costings, each complete van uses;
£5 worth of plasticard (3 different thickness plus a length of plastic angle). There are some bits left over, but not enough for a second body.
£10 for the chassis.
About £6 for replacement metal wheels.
Plus paint.
So, about £23 for a complete van, but I can carry on making further bodies which will fit over some of my existing wagons for about 6 or 7 quid and buy new chassis and wheels as and when I see them at next year's shows etc.. :bigsmile:
 
They look good Mel:) Nicely proportioned.
You're a faster worker than me!
 
Great idea Mel very nice work :thumbup:
 
War Dept. wagons now completed. Here they are with Hank the Yank, although one of the vans is missing as I need to get another Hartland chassis (I've made 4 vans and a brake).

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In military fashion, the vans are designated as being GPV (general purpose van), while the brake is B/PC (brake / personnel carrier). The reason for this is that, during the war, the brake was fitted with benches to allow up to 8 airmen to be carried. When loads were being trans-shipped, 4 would assist with the loading and 4 would form an armed guard in case of fifth columnists.

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I managed to give the train a quick run, although Hank didn't like the state of the track, so Nellie the diesel was bought into service.

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Running through the narrows. The WGLR van carries supplies for the NAAFI, namely 4 tons of Bromide mostly for the those living in married quarters. :rolf::rolf:
(it's for batteries really)

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