wagons

A few weeks ago at the S scale Autumn Meeting, I swapped a Mike Williams G3 wagon kit for two 1/32 scale wagon kits. The kits were a combination of underframe kits and one piece resin bodies with work being started on one of the underframes. Both kits are of a GWR two-plank wagon - not very...

Fret 6 arrives in the Post Over the past umpteen years I've been developing wagon suspension units for (mostly) North Eastern wagons. This started as part of the development of kits for Diagram P4 hopper wagons but has acquired a life of its own - development of the P4 kits is still ongoing but...

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A bit of a mouthful as a title, but it does what it says in the hard cover. Importantly, there is a subtitle "In Colour". Published by Ian Allan in 2013, this volume begins with a historical survey of BR wagons, covering the numbering series, lots, diagrams, liveries, codes and so on. Each...

So, last weekend, we went camping in Purbeck with friends and among the many attractions of this part of the world - and extremely handily for our campsite at Harman's Cross - was the Swanage Railway. I've always felt that it's Corfe Castle, rather than Swanage that is the principle attraction...

Courtesy of another place, I have become aware of this pair of short films from Edinburgh. While there's lots of interest here in terms of the wagons involved, the main point to be noted is the date: c. 1968. In the course of the first film are, in order of appearance, one end of an 8 shoe...

This is another personal project to fill some space on my demonstration table. I've had this Scorpio Models Crocodile G 35 ton Trolley in the stash for some years, so I thought it might make a pleasant build for a weekend. My aim is to produce a somewhat weatherbeaten example in BR service late...

The deed has ben done….I have placed my order for my DJH class 47. A few weeks to wait as my kit will be made to order. After bending many ears and gleaning much useful info from WT members, I have decided on the following spec: DJH class 47/4 (or 8 see below) DJH lighting kit One ABC motor...

Spotted and copied from 'over there' and from here: http://www.rumneymodels.co.uk/ "Firstly Plate wagons chassis... There are three new kits; B.08 covering BR clasp brake new builds (diagram 1/434), B.09 covering BR clasp braked retrofits (ex unfitted diagrams 1/430 & 1/431) and B.27 covering...

So my 2mm adventure is launched - having been very impressed with the various 2mmFS contributions on the forum I decided this was an opportunity to get a small shelf layout started - hopefully I will have some progress to report soon on Holywell Town. In the meantime I seem to remember a...

As a recently joined member, I though I would post a few pictures of my 2mm FS bits and pieces. These were intended for a SE&CR project and were made a while ago. The project stalled because I couldn't work out how to do the complex Wainwright locomotive livery in this scale - the fine red and...

I bought this during the build of the 13 ton wagon and David assured me it would be much quicker and easier to complete. I didn't find the last one particularly difficult as everything is so accurately etched. The instructions follow a very similar sequence and would be easy to fall into the...

We were away for the weekend and decided to finish it off with a trip to Shildon to see if the two visiting A4's were still there (which they were - photos on my Flickr site for anyone who is interested). Outside were a selection of brake vans including a Southern Queen Mary which I have only...

As I will be building different era stock for our clubs layout 1948 - 70's and mainly freight/engineers stock. on top of my G6 & Siphon many different items of rolling stock will be built from kits or scratch built. First off is a Parkside pipe wagon, this is for the wagon challenge at the club...

For those with a peculiar interest, these photos show a drawing which may be of use in preparation of artwork for etched plates (well, at least in 7mm). If anyone has similar drawings or information for other railway companies... please offer pikkies as the vagaries of wagon registration are...

Wth the glass truck notionally finished (painted and rolling!) I decided to turn my attention to one of my "shelf queens". A quick link for those unfamiliar with Western Thunder tradition of shelf queens. A Metalmodels etched brass kit for a Siphon F. It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Sometimes it does seem that Basilica Fields - a tale of everyday wagons in the black country to the east of the City of London - has been running for as long as the people of Ambridge have been supping in their local... and then there is a step forward in the development of the project. This...

This is an unplanned model. Well, it has been on the 'want to build' list for some time but when I got home on Friday evening I had no intention of starting it now. But while looking for another photo amongst my motley collection I came across the photo below. The note on the back says "AE...

A week off of work, but the rest of the household are still hard at it, so I'm able to spend the next few days "playing trains" with no distractions. The question is: what to do? Well, it's always got to be the last thing that I purchased, all the shelf queens can stay on the shelf! At the S7...

It's amazing what you can find in a picture that you hadn't spotted first, second or third time of asking. Here's an example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/64215236@N03/6899627517/in/set-72157627233487481/lightbox/ Nice shot of a standard 5 on a mixed goods with, superficially, an interesting...