Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
I've had a second attempt at hand lettering a wagon for a coal merchant on the Met. Close up it looks pretty grim but from 50cm to 1m it looks ok.
This time it is on a Slaters 7 plank end door wagon which was easier to work on as the sides were painted and lettered before assembly. The italic Load 10 Tons and MET. RLY. being from decals and lettering I have kicking around.
I need to find some italic Tare lettering and numbers for the tare weight on the lower plank under the running number but I begrudge paying a tenner for a sheet of decals for two words, six numbers and four dashes/full stops.
The keen-eyed will note this is a Charles Roberts 7 plank end door wagon whereas it should be a Gloucester 7 plank end door wagon. I could not find a kit of the latter with a 16' body which means the underframe will receive some attention in due course to bring it closer to the Gloucester type.
This time it is on a Slaters 7 plank end door wagon which was easier to work on as the sides were painted and lettered before assembly. The italic Load 10 Tons and MET. RLY. being from decals and lettering I have kicking around.
I need to find some italic Tare lettering and numbers for the tare weight on the lower plank under the running number but I begrudge paying a tenner for a sheet of decals for two words, six numbers and four dashes/full stops.
The keen-eyed will note this is a Charles Roberts 7 plank end door wagon whereas it should be a Gloucester 7 plank end door wagon. I could not find a kit of the latter with a 16' body which means the underframe will receive some attention in due course to bring it closer to the Gloucester type.