O-EM-OO9 workbench - narrow vans

[AJC]

Nicely done - one thing you might like to consider with those is to beef up the door hinges: the Cambrian mouldings are rather undernourished in that area and it makes a surprising visual difference. Just a couple of cubes of 30 thou' or thereabouts should do it.

Adam

 

[76043]

Thanks Adam, I was treating these as runners really, to be honest all my wagons are runners, not warranting much detail, and designed to be made quickly. So I won't need them up I think. But you are right, the hinges are undernourished!
Cheers
Tony

 

[76043]

I've finally got my DCC-EX gubbins in a proper case, which means no more mucking about with temporary connections, I settled on the 2.5mm DC sockets to assist with connecting quickly. M and P are the main and programming outputs with power in above.

Tony

 

[76043]

Okay, so 009 is back on the bench in DCC form. It's all Lais, decoder and stay alive and actually runs nicely. Shame I can't as yet work out how to program a decoder, all my locos are currently CV3.
Tony

 

[76043]

So I took this...



Stripped off the paint and decided it needed being up to date compared to my Bachmann Baldwin. It also needed some UK specific details such as lamp brackets. So extra handrails all round seems to be appropriate, plus removing the rear steps as there's no reason to climb on the rear. Windows also altered. White primer for the BR warning yellow.
Tony

 

[76043]

The narrow gauge adventure continues. Roco van is being Anglicised, or at least made fit for running on BR narrow gauge tracks.

The Chivers van kit is a delight, no flash to speak of and very nice to put together.

Both will have the vacuum brake fitted.
Tony

 

[76043]

The Roco bogie van is well on its way, hopefully a bit more Anglicised now, air brake cylinders and pipework gone, replaced with vacuum of sorts and handbrakes. Various details such as hooks and destination clips gone too. Bogies changed to archbar simply because I 'lost' one trying to cast more of them back in the 90's when I had access to professional resin casting kit. Couplings are Dapol fixed Kadee type.

From this originally. (Image courtesy: Hattons)


To this:



Tony