magmouse
Western Thunderer
The Accursed Serpent is now technically complete:
The securing pins for the wheel chocks were bent up from some 0.4mm blackened iron wire, with their retaining chains made from a twist of 5A fuse wire:
Thin CA glue dropped in on the end of a piece of wire secures everything.
The buffers are Peco, with extra packing between the guide and the headstock, as per the drawing. This meant the head stuck out too far, so I had to cut 1mm lengths of brass tube to go over the stem behind the headstock, to stop it being pushed too far forward by the spring:
Paint touch-up and weathering next. In the meantime, a few more rough shots:
I was planning to make this quite a scruffy looking wagon, on the basis it is still carrying grease boxes, which the stock register shows 42079 had changed to oil in 1908 - the year I'm modelling. This wagon and one other were the last of its type to receive oil boxes, both in 1908. It seems reasonable that the axle box change would take place during a general overhaul and repaint into grey livery, so immediately before that it would be looking rather unkempt.
However, I rather like the crispness of this wagon in it's clean red livery, so I may dial back the weathering - less historically accurate, but more aesthetically pleasing - to me, at least.
Feel free to offer opinions on this!
Nick.
The securing pins for the wheel chocks were bent up from some 0.4mm blackened iron wire, with their retaining chains made from a twist of 5A fuse wire:
Thin CA glue dropped in on the end of a piece of wire secures everything.
The buffers are Peco, with extra packing between the guide and the headstock, as per the drawing. This meant the head stuck out too far, so I had to cut 1mm lengths of brass tube to go over the stem behind the headstock, to stop it being pushed too far forward by the spring:
Paint touch-up and weathering next. In the meantime, a few more rough shots:
I was planning to make this quite a scruffy looking wagon, on the basis it is still carrying grease boxes, which the stock register shows 42079 had changed to oil in 1908 - the year I'm modelling. This wagon and one other were the last of its type to receive oil boxes, both in 1908. It seems reasonable that the axle box change would take place during a general overhaul and repaint into grey livery, so immediately before that it would be looking rather unkempt.
However, I rather like the crispness of this wagon in it's clean red livery, so I may dial back the weathering - less historically accurate, but more aesthetically pleasing - to me, at least.
Feel free to offer opinions on this!
Nick.
