6 Wheel Milk Tanks

28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
Phill
You have done well to pick that lot out. I have decided to buy a Slaters Tank at Bristol tomorrow so I can have a closer look :) Those pictures you posted are useful, its surprising the number that have been preserved
I can always do some etched artwork for ladders to make an O39
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
28ten said:
Phill
You have done well to pick that lot out. I have decided to buy a Slaters Tank at Bristol tomorrow so I can have a closer look :) Those pictures you posted are useful, its surprising the number that have been preserved
I can always do some etched artwork for ladders to make an O39
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Let us know which Slaters version you go for & which diagram you will convert it to :) . If you do some etches I would love to buy some :D
BTW I Took some pics of a 057 on the WSR a few years ago, I can have a look for them & post them if you like ;)
Cheers Phill
 
lancer1027

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
28ten said:
Phill
You have done well to pick that lot out. I have decided to buy a Slaters Tank at Bristol tomorrow so I can have a closer look :) Those pictures you posted are useful, its surprising the number that have been preserved
I can always do some etched artwork for ladders to make an O39
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I too would be interested in buying some ladder etches. Have we come up with a diagram that is used more on the WR and if so which model (manufacturer) is going to be used?. I have looked through my library and there seems to be several different versions used.
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
The Slaters is an O38 and these appear to have survived to the early 70's I am going to pick up a Slaters '3000 gal' milk tank tomorrow to look at the possibilities. What we really need is something covering the later post war diagrams.
I will ask the question about on the GWR e-group, someone there is bound to know the withdrawal dates of each diagram :)
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
Well I bought the Slaters kit at Bristol :D Unsurprisingly they are a little vague on withdrawal dates :lol: but they suggest that the O38 lasted until the late 60's (fine for me!). looking at it there is some potential to convert it to other later diagrams as they all shared a common length and wheelbase - to this end I have made some enquiries about drawings.

I also looked at the CRT/POW kits they cover a variety of diagrams including the later ones which should be suitable for the early 70's. the downside is that i didn't feel the kit was as good as the Slaters but it looks the part built up on their stand. if you are at Kettering they are worth investigating.
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
28ten said:
Well I bought the Slaters kit at Bristol :D Unsurprisingly they are a little vague on withdrawal dates :lol: but they suggest that the O38 lasted until the late 60's (fine for me!). looking at it there is some potential to convert it to other later diagrams as they all shared a common length and wheelbase - to this end I have made some enquiries about drawings.

I also looked at the CRT/POW kits they cover a variety of diagrams including the later ones which should be suitable for the early 70's. the downside is that i didn't feel the kit was as good as the Slaters but it looks the part built up on their stand. if you are at Kettering they are worth investigating.
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Glad to see you have taken the plunge :D & keep us posted with developments ;)
One question for you :) , do the Powside tank kits include wheels :?: ..........they seem to do some of the right diagrams for me , but I'm not sure about how they compare with Slaters tanks ,which although perhaps are not quite the right diagrams for me, they are very good quality kits IMO. I will have a good look at the Powside ones at Kettering.
Cheers Phill
 
lancer1027

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Phill Dyson said:
[quote=""28ten"":uupbf5rb]Well I bought the Slaters kit at Bristol :D Unsurprisingly they are a little vague on withdrawal dates :lol: but they suggest that the O38 lasted until the late 60's (fine for me!). looking at it there is some potential to convert it to other later diagrams as they all shared a common length and wheelbase - to this end I have made some enquiries about drawings.

I also looked at the CRT/POW kits they cover a variety of diagrams including the later ones which should be suitable for the early 70's. the downside is that i didn't feel the kit was as good as the Slaters but it looks the part built up on their stand. if you are at Kettering they are worth investigating.
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Glad to see you have taken the plunge :D & keep us posted with developments ;)
One question for you :) , do the Powside tank kits include wheels :?: ..........they seem to do some of the right diagrams for me , but I'm not sure about how they compare with Slaters tanks ,which although perhaps are not quite the right diagrams for me, they are very good quality kits IMO. I will have a good look at the Powside ones at Kettering.
Cheers Phill[/quote:uupbf5rb]

Unfortunately i cant get to Kettering but will wait for the outcome of your findings Phill. I want to build a rake of about 6 so look forward to your info. ;)
Rob. PS 28ten. did you enjoy Bristol :?: Anything WR worth noting
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
Phill, I agree the Slaters is a better quality kit, but the POW kit does look the part, just not as refined.But on the other hand a few of them trundling round the garden would look rather nice :D It is certainly worth your while having a good look at Kettering as they have a few different milk tanks made up on the stand. I didnt see any wheels in the kit, which adds a tenner to the cost.
I will take a few shots of the Slaters kit some time this week.
Rob did you get ny email about Penzance?
 
lancer1027

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Hi guy's , just spoke to my mate and he says the Powside kits come with wheels ;)
28ten; i got your e-mail but cannot download the pics from it. It seems to come as a page on microsoft word but no link or way of hi-lighting or downloading the images.
Rob
 
lancer1027

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Hi 28ten, Thanks for the links to the images. They have worked this time, very much appreciated. Thanks again mate
Rob
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Well I'm a little more committed to my milk train now, my local model shop was having a bit of a sale on Slaters kits , so the unbuilt rake now stands at 2 ex-LMS 2000g, 1 ex-GWR 3000g & 2 Model Express 3000g tanks :) .
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
I believe the maximum load permitted was 17 (behind a 'King' no less), so only 12 to go :lol:
I have found a couple more pictures in various books (plate 77 profile of the Westerns is a good one( , and the NRM sell weight diagrams for the later ex GWR tanks but unfortunately, they dont have any GA's :( strangely nobody seems to have written much about them, even less written a good article.
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
28ten said:
I found this http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/7-fops/fo-milk.htm that is quite interesting
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Yes that's a good site :D

When I make a start on this project I think I may convert the Model Express pair into diagram 060's, this should give me a fairly typical 1970's rake along with the 3 Slaters tanks, a source of 060 type ladders would be handy though, I may scratch build these & I am still going to have a good look at the Powsides BR build tanks too ;)

Phill :)
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
If you can get me the dimensions you can have a couple of sets for nothing!!
I cant find any decent drawings at the NRM so im a bit stuck :(
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
28ten said:
If you can get me the dimensions you can have a couple of sets for nothing!!
I cant find any decent drawings at the NRM so im a bit stuck :(
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:scratch: I could take a tape measure with me to the WSR gala & see if the diagram 060's are accessible ;)
Phill :thumbs:
 
28ten

28ten

Guv'nor
Phill Dyson said:
[quote=""28ten"":6i82c9c1]If you can get me the dimensions you can have a couple of sets for nothing!!
I cant find any decent drawings at the NRM so im a bit stuck :(
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:scratch: I could take a tape measure with me to the WSR gala & see if the diagram 060's are accessible ;)
Phill :thumbs:[/quote:6i82c9c1]
I think it might come to that..... I might order the 'Diagrams' from the NRM which I dont think will be much help, but wold be better than nothing, there must be some information out there somewhere as dapol have done milk tanks.
 
Phill Dyson

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
lancer1027 said:
If you need any more i have a few detail shots :thumbs:
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Cheers Rob & thanks for posting :D , If you could post these & the other detail shots in the '6 Wheel Milk Tanks In Detail' Thread in 'Resources' that would be great mate :thumbs:
Phill :wave:
 
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