40126's 16T Mineral Wagons Workbench

[40126]

I thought i'd share my (3) 16T mineral Wagon's workbench with you all. I'm very much a novice at ... basically everything to do with model railways. So please bear with me.

I bought 3 wagons on a trip to Rails of Sheffield (secondhand shop). The previous owner had just spray them grey & added coal !!.

So first, i stripped them down to the original state. Which was yellow Hall & Dean wagons. Then i cut the wheels out (to be replaced with Slaters metal wheels).

Then i got some lighter fluid & with a drop on a cottonbud (borrowed from the wife) rubbed the lettering off, from all three wagons.

I dismantled the bodies from the chassis's. On the first chassis, after turning it over, i removed the coupling (repeating on all chassis's & on both ends of them). I also removed the coupling block with a hand saw & filed flush to the base.

 

[Phill Dyson]

Nice to see someone else doing some Lima conversions   

I did a rake of these 16T'ers quite a while ago, I also did a rake of box vans using the Lima chassis & Parkside body's, they make excellent layout stock for not a lot of cash  8) 8) 8) .......

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Watching with great interest 

Phill  :wave:

 

[40126]

Thanks Phill.

Looking forward maybe to seeing your layout & stock running,in the future. Do the wagons have & the box's have consecetive (!) numbers ?.

Steve

 

[Jordan]

Another Lima user here... if you can get them without paying silly 'collector' prices they're well worth it...

Mine have had a bit more weathering done since I took this pic, but the main jobs on them apart from the obvious wheels'n'couplings swap are filling in that gap across the top of the main side doors, and improving the running gear, so the brake blocks are in line with the wheels - this was done by an unknown Previous Owner of one of my 16t's; the others are still just a good intention I have... : :-[ :-[

There's a decals sheet available HERE from MG Sharps of Sheffield for them, too, if you didn't know of it.

 

[lancer1027]

Hooray !! You have finally started your workbench . You see its not difficult, even i can do it
Nice to see you making some progress on these Steve. By the time youve finished them they wont look like Lima ones ;D

Rob :wave:

 

[Phill Dyson]

Thanks Phill.

  Do the wagons have & the box's have consecetive (!) numbers ?.

Steve

They  have all been numbered with Modelmaster transfer sheets (from Parkside)

 

[40126]

Thanks guys for your comments, they have been duly noted 

Steve

 

[rosspeacock]

Nice to see someone else doing some Lima conversions   

Watching with great interest 

Phill  :wave:

+1  Definately agree with Phill, you ought to have a tinker with some Mk1's too.... best of luck... Ross...

 

[Phill Dyson]

The Triang minerals are more or less exactly the same too 

 

[40126]

+1  Definately agree with Phill, you ought to have a tinker with some Mk1's too.... best of luck... Ross...

I have purchased 4 x Big Big Mk2 coaches to convert (with Rob's help). 

Steve 

 

[40126]

Another Lima user here... if you can get them without paying silly 'collector' prices they're well worth it...

Mine have had a bit more weathering done since I took this pic, but the main jobs on them apart from the obvious wheels'n'couplings swap are filling in that gap across the top of the main side doors, and improving the running gear, so the brake blocks are in line with the wheels - this was done by an unknown Previous Owner of one of my 16t's; the others are still just a good intention I have... : :-[ :-[

There's a decals sheet available HERE from MG Sharps of Sheffield for them, too, if you didn't know of it.

Thanks for that Jordan. Ive saved it in my favourites

Steve

 

[Phill Dyson]

I have purchased 4 x Big Big Mk2 coaches to convert (with Rob's help). 

Steve 

I think they are a better bet than the MK1's TBH, I did about 14 Lima MK1's, but for MK1's  I think I would be tempted to go for Easybuild or maybe JLTRT now  :scratch:

 

[marsa69]

I think I would be tempted to go for Easybuild or maybe JLTRT now

I thought about that but it would be a long-term aspiration. So I have acquired some more Lima Mk1's and some 3cee's sides and will set to in the summer making up a cheap and cheerful 4 coach rake 

 

[Phill Dyson]

I thought about that but it would be a long-term aspiration. So I have acquired some more Lima Mk1's and some 3cee's sides and will set to in the summer making up a cheap and cheerful 4 coach rake 

Trouble is once you've bought all the bits & the coach they are pretty close to Easybuild cost wise & a heck of a lot more work if widened etc..........depends how much you do to them really  :scratch: 

 

[Phill Dyson]

I thought about that but it would be a long-term aspiration. So I have acquired some more Lima Mk1's and some 3cee's sides and will set to in the summer making up a cheap and cheerful 4 coach rake 

I think Aquitrain are re-doing the Three Cee's sides now  :scratch:

 

[marsa69]

Not that much really Phill. A few odds and ends and some new wheels and buffers, glazing and a lick o'paint. Like I said, cheap and cheerful until I can get the Easybuilds of this world next year or the year after,

:wave:

Mark

 

[40126]

PMVY Workbench..

I only started taking pics when i'd nearly finished the underframe.

 

[40126]

first two pics.. Pre Primer
The next three pics with primer.

 

[40126]

First three pics... First coat blue.
Second three pics... second coat blue.

 

[iploffy]

Very impressive and I love the BLUEhand normally reserved for the loco's and coaches but I suppose it suits anything really

Ian