If you're tempted to have some of these wagons on your OO9 layout our kits are stocked in the FR's shop (at Harbour Station and online) and some of the proceeds of each sale will be donated to the fund to restore Welsh Pony to steam.
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Showing posts with label Festshop. Show all posts
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Wagons Roll (Off The Production Line)
This week I've finished off the latest batch of SAR / WHR wagons I've been building for a client - these are the ones fitted with the PECO couplings which I was posting about a couple of weeks ago.
If you're tempted to have some of these wagons on your OO9 layout our kits are stocked in the FR's shop (at Harbour Station and online) and some of the proceeds of each sale will be donated to the fund to restore Welsh Pony to steam.
If you're tempted to have some of these wagons on your OO9 layout our kits are stocked in the FR's shop (at Harbour Station and online) and some of the proceeds of each sale will be donated to the fund to restore Welsh Pony to steam.
Saturday, 19 July 2014
New Van Unveiled
I've finished putting together and painting the first of the the V-16 brake van kits which was commissioned by a client.
It compares very favorably to the brass Worsley Works version we use on Bron Hebog. This resin kit, however, shows the van in its current condition on the WHR following an overhaul which saw a pair of windows cut at one end and the single door blanked off - the Worsley version has a window.
I don't mind admitting the yellow stripes on the end were a complete pain to mask and paint.
There is still scope for extra detail to be added to the basic body kit, such as footsteps and vac pipes.
Should you wish to have one kits are available now in the FR Shop at Harbour Station or by mail order from Festshop
It compares very favorably to the brass Worsley Works version we use on Bron Hebog. This resin kit, however, shows the van in its current condition on the WHR following an overhaul which saw a pair of windows cut at one end and the single door blanked off - the Worsley version has a window.
I don't mind admitting the yellow stripes on the end were a complete pain to mask and paint.
There is still scope for extra detail to be added to the basic body kit, such as footsteps and vac pipes.
Should you wish to have one kits are available now in the FR Shop at Harbour Station or by mail order from Festshop
Saturday, 7 September 2013
Museum Piece
There is a tradition for significant railway prototypes to end up on display and so it is with the first of my NGY ballast wagons.
I have prepared it to go on show in a glass cabinet...in the FR shop at Harbour Station.
John already has some samples of the DZ and B wagon kits made up to tempt buyers and so I thought with me delivering the first batch of ballast wagon kits to him this weekend that he would appreciate a finished example to show off.
As with all prototypes it is slightly different to the production versions in the packets on the shelves.
It does not have the rivets cast on the frame and the cog wheels are different on each side which is a legacy of testing the different designs before I committed to the final etch.
The hoods covering the vacuum cylinders are also from a previously rejected etch and I never got around to fitting the handrails on the Z struts.
Nevertheless I think it will do the job very well in the window.
I have prepared it to go on show in a glass cabinet...in the FR shop at Harbour Station.
John already has some samples of the DZ and B wagon kits made up to tempt buyers and so I thought with me delivering the first batch of ballast wagon kits to him this weekend that he would appreciate a finished example to show off.
As with all prototypes it is slightly different to the production versions in the packets on the shelves.
It does not have the rivets cast on the frame and the cog wheels are different on each side which is a legacy of testing the different designs before I committed to the final etch.
The hoods covering the vacuum cylinders are also from a previously rejected etch and I never got around to fitting the handrails on the Z struts.
Nevertheless I think it will do the job very well in the window.
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