It,s a a bit shorter than the original drawing, to suit my printer max length. so no longer a 12 tonne wagon so the V bracing on the sides I removed as they looked squashed.
but not got any 2 mm plastic card and delivery's seem to take forever at the moment, also got the top door runners printed and fitted and the axle boxes, just need to decide if it should have a white roof or not ?, Resin printing next for all the Black iron bits.
I think as time goes by new skills appear, look at what I have been building out of cardboard, pure 50’s tech that would not even be thought about when that ‘new evil medium‘ appeared called Plasticard in the 60’s. Some of the writings and mutterings at the time about the good old boy (George Slater?) that used to demonstrate it at shows were not always for polite company. Of course by then Wood (Obechi) for Coaches, Wagons any Metal for Locomotives Tended to be what the so called ‘experts’ were using predominantly. Once I got what plasticard was all about I became a convert and still use it extensively to this day, though it is nice to have a change.
