Chemical tankers
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13 of these vinyl chloride monomer chemical bogie wagons were built at Ashford in 1971 and pics can be found on Paul Barlett's wagon website: http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/stsvinylchloride/h35acd630#h35acd630 However, I'd be grateful if anyone has or knows were to find other pics to help with finishing inspiration to please let me know.
Having found three old Farish TEA barrel bodies in my spares box (the stub-frame chassis' were used on another project) I've spent the last few days bashing three of these chemical tank wagons from odds and sods in my spares boxes and materials at hand (like plasticard, Evergreen strip and wire) - nothing has been purchased for them. The picture below shows almost as far I've got. The end walkways needed adding but I've some of the TPM ferry wagon conversion etches which include walkways that I'd planned to use.
However, the TPM etched were too wide for the wagons so I had to fiddle around with them eventually cutting off the steps and etched railing, cutting down the walkway, and forming new railings, closer to the style of the prototype, from bent up wire. Then I added the steps back on to the chassis sides. There is still the inner rail stanchions to form and add. But I think it looks a little better with regards to the width of the walkway (bearing in mind this is N gauge).
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Alan
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So much so that I'm only going to do the one wagon like that. Luckily, on Pauls wagons website, there are others that have them painted black (and the steps also aren't white) so that is how I'll finish the other two.
http://paulbartlett....c05f3#h2e2c05f3
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However, I'm not sure if there is any interest in this.
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Keep going.
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Andy
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As I also model in N I know what you are up against and am mightily impressed by the workmanship. Particularly the wire railings! Super glue or solder to hold the railings together?
Cheers
Marty
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The black and the white (tank body) was painted from aerosol cans - the brush painting was just the railings and hand/brake-wheels. But I haven't bothered to get out my airbrush.Noticed you said you got the paint brushes out Grahame, so you didn't spray the tank bodies quest:
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Superglued - but there are only three lengths of wire bent to shape. 1 - the top railing bend down at each end to form the outer uprights and then under the etched floor where it is glued. 2- the centre uprights with the horizontal centre joining section glued to the floor. 3 - the mid height cross bar.Always good to see how people go about scratch build/kit bashes to make something they want.
As I also model in N I know what you are up against and am mightily impressed by the workmanship. Particularly the wire railings! Super glue or solder to hold the railings together?
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I was wondering as I've got some Hornby TTAs to smarten up and I haven't got hold of a silver paint aerosol can yet.[user=1338]Ed[/user] wrote:The black and the white (tank body) was painted from aerosol cans - the brush painting was just the railings and hand/brake-wheels. But I haven't bothered to get out my airbrush.Noticed you said you got the paint brushes out Grahame, so you didn't spray the tank bodies quest:
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Check out the Halfords car paints range.I was wondering as I've got some Hornby TTAs to smarten up and I haven't got hold of a silver paint aerosol can yet.
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Might go gray instead :thumbs
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Not really, less than £7 for a large can of metallic finish paint that will do lots of wagons and last you for ages. They are acrylic, fast drying, high quality, and spray well.Thanks Grahame, but they're a bit pricey.
Alternatively Humbrol do acrylic hobby aerosol cans of paint in a huge range of metallic colours (brass, aluminium, gold, chrome, steel, etc.) for around £4 to £5 but they are much smaller.
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[user=19]Marty[/user] wrote:Superglued - but there are only three lengths of wire bent to shape. 1 - the top railing bend down at each end to form the outer uprights and then under the etched floor where it is glued. 2- the centre uprights with the horizontal centre joining section glued to the floor. 3 - the mid height cross bar.Always good to see how people go about scratch build/kit bashes to make something they want.
As I also model in N I know what you are up against and am mightily impressed by the workmanship. Particularly the wire railings! Super glue or solder to hold the railings together?
G.
Very tidy too.
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I'll just wait for the Poundshop to get some back in stock[user=1338]Ed[/user] wrote:Not really, less than £7 for a large can of metallic finish paint that will do lots of wagons and last you for ages. They are acrylic, fast drying, high quality, and spray well.Thanks Grahame, but they're a bit pricey.
Alternatively Humbrol do acrylic hobby aerosol cans of paint in a huge range of metallic colours (brass, aluminium, gold, chrome, steel, etc.) for around £4 to £5 but they are much smaller.
Z.
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Poundshop stuff is usually of dubious quality and in small quantities. I wouldn't want to risk using their paint on my models.I'll just wait for the Poundshop to get some back in stock
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Each to his own.
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Halfords ones for the colours though, as they are good quality, last well and dont clog.
Cheers
Andy
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