wagons

For those with a peculiar interest, these photos show a drawing which may be of use in preparation of artwork for etched plates (well, at least in 7mm). If anyone has similar drawings or information for other railway companies... please offer pikkies as the vagaries of wagon registration are...

Wth the glass truck notionally finished (painted and rolling!) I decided to turn my attention to one of my "shelf queens". A quick link for those unfamiliar with Western Thunder tradition of shelf queens. A Metalmodels etched brass kit for a Siphon F. It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Sometimes it does seem that Basilica Fields - a tale of everyday wagons in the black country to the east of the City of London - has been running for as long as the people of Ambridge have been supping in their local... and then there is a step forward in the development of the project. This...

This is an unplanned model. Well, it has been on the 'want to build' list for some time but when I got home on Friday evening I had no intention of starting it now. But while looking for another photo amongst my motley collection I came across the photo below. The note on the back says "AE...

A week off of work, but the rest of the household are still hard at it, so I'm able to spend the next few days "playing trains" with no distractions. The question is: what to do? Well, it's always got to be the last thing that I purchased, all the shelf queens can stay on the shelf! At the S7...

It's amazing what you can find in a picture that you hadn't spotted first, second or third time of asking. Here's an example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/64215236@N03/6899627517/in/set-72157627233487481/lightbox/ Nice shot of a standard 5 on a mixed goods with, superficially, an interesting...

As a small break from the loco building I decided to switch to building a MMP Glass Truck. For the simple reason it was advertised as a ScaleSeven kit so I was curious to see what you got. Although that said I haven't got a finescale kit available so I wouldn't really know what the difference...

I like building wagons and most of these are from kits - Parkside, Cambrian and the like. Nice though these are there is always scope for further variety and scratchbuilds and kitbashes - not that I build much as it falls out of the packet - provide this. The queue on the length of track that...

I picked up my IGA kits form John at Telford and here are a few pictures to show what you get and how I've been getting on. The wagon is an IGA Cargowaggon flat based on the second version built in 1986 by Wagon Union in Germany. The details are all crisply etched and only a minimal amount of...

Given that I now have a few in the to do pile I thought I would start a thread of just for the building of plastic wagon kits. Starting with a 14 ton cylindrical tank wagon that I received from my son at Christmas that has beckoned this last week when I haven't been able to do much due to...