Old ??? trolley cars

[Andreas]

Hello together,
a little tinkering on the side. I have 6 of these trolley cars. They only look plastic to me - not suitable for an Irish branch line....
I rebuilt the first 3.
So they had to suffer. With a knife and files I worked on the edges. In addition, a few scratches. But the most important: The plastic of the lorry was heated with the blowtorch until it became soft, then I bent a little here and there. After that the whole thing was painted with rust color. DONE.
By heating with the flame, the plastic got a rough surface - I like it that way.
Here an picture Clonmacnoise & West Offaly Railway

 

[DafyddElvy]

Very nice.

 

[Paul M]

I use a hot air gun to bend the plastic, it's a bit more controllable. However, as you say, using a flame does give a nice rough and rusty type of finish

 

[David1226]

I use a hot air gun to bend the plastic, it's a bit more controllable. However, as you say, using a flame does give a nice rough and rusty type of finish

Cor, rode the trucks.

David

 

[Paul M]

Cor, rode the trucks.

David

Mr 1226, that is absolutely appalling. Go to the back of the room take 200 lines.

 

[dunnyrail]

Common terminology for these wagons amongst UK Industrial Railway guys is V-Skips. The LGB ones do take a lot of abuse, did similar liberties with mine in my Luton days. Soldering iron, hammer etc. They also lived outside 24/7/365 in the garden.