ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
Some of you may recall that a few months ago I purchased a ToyTrain crane wagon for the railway. For various reasons I was not too happy with the wagon - not least because it looked out of place on my 1930s UK-based railway. I decided to make my own which hopefully does look a little more realistic.
I ask you not to look too closely at my bodgelling efforts, but for info, the chassis is ex-Hartland, the superstructure is mostly 1.5mm Plasticard, the gear wheels are modified from some I bought ages ago from a primary schools' technology supplier (http://www.tts-group.co.uk/shops/tts/Catalogue?nguid=0cc60030-c30b-40b8-97ce-c65331a738a2 < Link To TTS) and other bits and pieces included a couple of 00 wagon wheels, a plstic milk bottle top, some lengths of dowel, a few bits of redundant earthing copper cable, a length of anchor chain from a model boat supplier and some bases from an Airfix station canopy kit.
Although it would be feasible, I decided not to make the winding mechansism operational as I wanted the chain firmly glued into place. It needs some judicious weathering - it looks far too new and unused for my railway, but I feel it looks more the part than its predecessor.
As usual, there's a blow-by-blow account of how I constructed it on my blog for those who might want to learn from my mistakes.
http://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/how-i-constructed-crane-wagon.html < Link To http://riksrailway.blogsp...ucted-crane-wagon.html
Rik
I ask you not to look too closely at my bodgelling efforts, but for info, the chassis is ex-Hartland, the superstructure is mostly 1.5mm Plasticard, the gear wheels are modified from some I bought ages ago from a primary schools' technology supplier (http://www.tts-group.co.uk/shops/tts/Catalogue?nguid=0cc60030-c30b-40b8-97ce-c65331a738a2 < Link To TTS) and other bits and pieces included a couple of 00 wagon wheels, a plstic milk bottle top, some lengths of dowel, a few bits of redundant earthing copper cable, a length of anchor chain from a model boat supplier and some bases from an Airfix station canopy kit.
Although it would be feasible, I decided not to make the winding mechansism operational as I wanted the chain firmly glued into place. It needs some judicious weathering - it looks far too new and unused for my railway, but I feel it looks more the part than its predecessor.
As usual, there's a blow-by-blow account of how I constructed it on my blog for those who might want to learn from my mistakes.
http://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/how-i-constructed-crane-wagon.html < Link To http://riksrailway.blogsp...ucted-crane-wagon.html
Rik
