7mm Rob's Rolling Stock Workbench

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Given that I now have a few in the to do pile I thought I would start a thread of just for the building of plastic wagon kit's.

Starting with a 14 ton cylindrical tank wagon that I received from my son at Christmas that has beckoned this last week when I haven't been able to do much due to having new windows fitted but having time on my hands between moving things about. I wasn't too impressed with the body of the wagon itself although I do believe that with some filler and a it of patience a decent job could be made. I chose to rivet and roll a replacement from brass.

 

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iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Rob are you copying the wagons or adding to the kit either way it looks good it's something I tend to do alot to make my own

Ian
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Hi Ian,

The first one is an 'add to' a Slaters kit, the second is a scratch build to try out the bottom of a drinks can idea - the ends are the bottoms filed off a couple of Fanta cans - a really easy way to get domed ends of just the right size.

In both cases I rolled and riveted the  cylinders from 0.3mm brass sheet. On the replacement for the Slaters I created an overlay, on the other I just represented it by a couple of rows of rivets.
 

28ten

Guv'nor
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Rob
I ended up doing the same thing with one I made, although I rolled the barrel and added a 5 thou overlay for the middle wrapper. The only problem is that the kit ends up like 'Triggers' broom  :))
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

28ten said:
Rob
I ended up doing the same thing with one I made, although I rolled the barrel and added a 5 thou overlay for the middle wrapper. The only problem is that the kit ends up like 'Triggers' broom  :))

Sorry Cynric, 'Triggers broom' went right by me :-[
 

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Rob Pulham said:
Hi Ian,

The first one is an 'add to' a Slaters kit, the second is a scratch build to try out the bottom of a drinks can idea - the ends are the bottoms filed off a couple of Fanta cans - a really easy way to get domed ends of just the right size.

In both cases I rolled and riveted the  cylinders from 0.3mm brass sheet. On the replacement for the Slaters I created an overlay, on the other I just represented it by a couple of rows of rivets.

Are the ends of the cans the right size without any messing if so Good God some thing thats easy to do

Ian
 

28ten

Guv'nor
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Rob Pulham said:
Sorry Cynric, 'Triggers broom' went right by me :-[
Trigger- Only fools and horses 'this is my best broom - its had seven new handles and eight new brushes'  ie by the time you have made a new barrel and bits of U section there ain't much left of the kit. I still have a second one I started and never finished  :))
 

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

28ten said:
Trigger- Only fools and horses 'this is my best broom - its had seven new handles and eight new brushes'  ie by the time you have made a new barrel and bits of U section there ain't much left of the kit. I still have a second one I started and never finished  :))

said in a german accent "very goot eet is funni ya!!!"

Ian
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

28ten said:
Trigger- Only fools and horses 'this is my best broom - its had seven new handles and eight new brushes'  ie by the time you have made a new barrel and bits of U section there ain't much left of the kit. I still have a second one I started and never finished  :))
Ahh... Now I understand, I knew who trigger was but not about the broom. The only bit of the Slaters kit I will be replacing is the barrel I think the rest of it is fine especially the castings. In fact I plan to ask Slaters if they sell them separately.


iploffy said:
Are the ends of the cans the right size without any messing if so Good God some thing thats easy to do

Ian

Yes Ian, for once just a straight file the bottom off and away you go. The guy on RMWeb who I got the idea from had used some plastic tube but I prefer brass (and I had it in stock which always helps) It may have been some sort of waste pipe.
 

Steve Cook

Flying Squad
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Nicely done Rob, a proper bit of modelling  :thumbs:

That the Fanta can bottoms are such a good fit is a real bonus, I skimmed through the pics first and thought 'bloomin heck', how did he do that!

Steve
 

Eastsidepilot

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Nice job Rob, I won't ever throw a drinks can away again !

I have an idea that Slaters will supply parts of there kits seperatly.

Col.
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Steve Cook said:
That the Fanta can bottoms are such a good fit is a real bonus, I skimmed through the pics first and thought 'bloomin heck', how did he do that!

Steve

Steve, I used the same diameter cylinder to go inside the Fanta can ends as to go over the Slaters plastic ends
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

A bit more progress with the Slaters kit.

 

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Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

A few  more build pictures - the springs for the couplings were a right fiddle but I got there in the end

 

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Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

I managed to finish the Slaters Tank ready for the paint shop this afternoon.

 

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28ten

Guv'nor
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

The new barrel looks much better, well worth the effort  :thumbs:
Watch for the coupling hook and the springs, I have seen a couple pull apart on long trains  :eek: it might be worth adding a bit of solder and forgetting about the springing
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

28ten said:
The new barrel looks much better, well worth the effort  :thumbs:
Watch for the coupling hook and the springs, I have seen a couple pull apart on long trains  :eek: it might be worth adding a bit of solder and forgetting about the springing
Thanks I will watch for that, if it comes out I have no chance of putting it back. It was a right B****r to get in the first time with the tank off.
 

Scale7JB

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Really nice Rob!!

I must admit, I persevered with the plastic tank and got it pretty acceptable, but it did take a lot of work sanding!

But on the plus side also, you now have a disused tank for a grotty corner of a layout... :))

JB. 
 

Rob Pulham

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Scale7JB said:
But on the plus side also, you now have a disused tank for a grotty corner of a layout... :))

JB.

Thanks Jonathan, a couple of coke can ends and as you say something to plonk and weather!! I plan to have a go at scratch building a tank or two if Slaters will sell the castings separately.

I am sure I will add a few more of these to the fleet down the line - I also have my eye on milk tanks too.
 

Steph Dale

Western Thunderer
Slaters kit builds, with the odd Parkside thrown in for good measure

Rob,

I must admit that I quite fancy getting a few tank wagons and I like the outline of the Slater's one.  There are some interesting ones done by PowSides too, I think. 

That's a cracking build too: I'll remember the drink can trick when/if I get round to building some.

Cheers,

Steph
 
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