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Western Thunderer
Having assembled the body of a Parkside Dundas PS17 BR 12T Pipe wagon I didn't think it looked quite right so it was put back in the box and under the shelf to wait for inspiration. I wanted to use a Rumney Models lifting link RCH brake gear set on the wagon but didn't want to waste it if the wagon wasn't going to look right on completion. While looking at the photo of one of the wagons in 'Twilight of the Goods' (Don Rowland, Wild Swan 2019) it struck me what the problem with the kit is. On the prototype the curb rail which carries the door hinges is thicker than the floorboards visible at the ends, there is a chamfer at each end to accommodate the channel steel headstocks but this isn't on the kit. Because the curb rail is too narrow the hinges have been made too small in proportion so it doesn't look right.
Hopefully Don and Simon don't mind this photo of part of the photo appearing here to show the detail -
As supplied compared with the modified side. A strip of 0.5mm styrene has been added along the bottom of the curb rail, and the undersized hinges carved off. 0.5mm doesn't sound like much but I think it makes a big difference.
And the test hinge reconstruction, Evergreen 1.6mm rod with a .45mm hole drilled through and two small pieces of bent wire. Still to add the bolts back to the hinge plates.
After the hinges are done the underbaked bas relief chains will be carved off and replaced with fine chains. Now I think the Pipe will be worthy of the etched brass brake gear.
Thinking about a load for the wagon - what diameter were the pipes carried during the 1950s? Tubes were smaller diameter and longer but by how much?
Hopefully Don and Simon don't mind this photo of part of the photo appearing here to show the detail -
As supplied compared with the modified side. A strip of 0.5mm styrene has been added along the bottom of the curb rail, and the undersized hinges carved off. 0.5mm doesn't sound like much but I think it makes a big difference.
And the test hinge reconstruction, Evergreen 1.6mm rod with a .45mm hole drilled through and two small pieces of bent wire. Still to add the bolts back to the hinge plates.
After the hinges are done the underbaked bas relief chains will be carved off and replaced with fine chains. Now I think the Pipe will be worthy of the etched brass brake gear.
Thinking about a load for the wagon - what diameter were the pipes carried during the 1950s? Tubes were smaller diameter and longer but by how much?