Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
All finished now apart from the number plate plates which are on order. Mike Williams supplied the special wagon springs, the W irons and I altered some of his axle boxes to suit. The wheels are Slaters and the rest is scratchbuilt. I've never before used so many 16BA nuts on a single wagon. Two things that didn't work out.......I tried many times to make the hoops that fit onto the upstands but failed each time to get an even curve and both of them the same also, for some unknown reason or an aberration more like, I made the buffer centres 3 1/4" instead of 3"!!! I don't expect that it will matter going forwards but, reversing may be a problem .
This was a very difficult one to photograph as the camera shines a light on the subject and on this light grey paint the pictures don't come up too well. This is definitely one wagon that would benefit from weathering but, I haven't the courage to do it.
Jon