A Wagon for Ivor
- Tony Bird
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A Wagon for Ivor
Hi,
Almost exactly a year ago while visiting the Great Central Railway I bought a resin money box of Ivor the engine, sometime later I fitted a chassis and filled the money slot of the model. I might have done a thread on doing the conversion.
In two weeks time we take our model railway to the GCR where it will be erected on Loughborough station platform. Though we mostly run steam model locomotives we get more reaction from children if we run models of engines they either see on television or read about. They are many children's toys that can be converted but mostly they are locomotives not rolling stock and it always looks better if the model is pulling something. So I decided to make some rolling stock of the M&L R T Co Ltd, having looked at some episodes of Ivor on YouTube I decided on an open wagon of which there seemed to be two. A picture of Ivor and the wagons was used to get relative proportions, in this case the height of the wagon relative to Ivor's bunker.
The sizes gained were then applied to a larger more detailed photograph.
With the larger number of dimensions obtained two wagon chassis's were made from wood.
Wooden sides were fitted and the model painted.
The couplings wheels and axle boxes are Binnie's and the buffers Mamod. I know need to source a couple of elephants as these seem so be one of the loads carried.
Regards Tony.
Almost exactly a year ago while visiting the Great Central Railway I bought a resin money box of Ivor the engine, sometime later I fitted a chassis and filled the money slot of the model. I might have done a thread on doing the conversion.
In two weeks time we take our model railway to the GCR where it will be erected on Loughborough station platform. Though we mostly run steam model locomotives we get more reaction from children if we run models of engines they either see on television or read about. They are many children's toys that can be converted but mostly they are locomotives not rolling stock and it always looks better if the model is pulling something. So I decided to make some rolling stock of the M&L R T Co Ltd, having looked at some episodes of Ivor on YouTube I decided on an open wagon of which there seemed to be two. A picture of Ivor and the wagons was used to get relative proportions, in this case the height of the wagon relative to Ivor's bunker.
The sizes gained were then applied to a larger more detailed photograph.
With the larger number of dimensions obtained two wagon chassis's were made from wood.
Wooden sides were fitted and the model painted.
The couplings wheels and axle boxes are Binnie's and the buffers Mamod. I know need to source a couple of elephants as these seem so be one of the loads carried.
Regards Tony.
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Re: A Wagon for Ivor
Lovely job Tony.
I'll try and pop along to say hello on the Saturday.
Andrew
I'll try and pop along to say hello on the Saturday.
Andrew
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"'cause I can't manage on three gaffer!"
- Tony Bird
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Re: A Wagon for Ivor
Hi Andrew,
Alas on the Saturday it is our day for riding the trains and visiting the rest of the model railway exhibition, so we will only be at the layout spasmodically. But you never know we might meet up, it would be good to do so.
Regards Tony.
Alas on the Saturday it is our day for riding the trains and visiting the rest of the model railway exhibition, so we will only be at the layout spasmodically. But you never know we might meet up, it would be good to do so.
Regards Tony.
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Re: A Wagon for Ivor
Great little wagons. Although Ivor was before my time I loved watching it when is was re-run although the original B&W version I only discovered on YouTube.
Maybe equip one of the wagons with a speaker to play the theme tune
Maybe equip one of the wagons with a speaker to play the theme tune
- Tony Bird
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Re: A Wagon for Ivor
Hi,
The other wagon has been finished.
A video of them running at:
https://youtu.be/FM7TFVtrPQc
Regards Tony.
The other wagon has been finished.
A video of them running at:
https://youtu.be/FM7TFVtrPQc
Regards Tony.
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Re: A Wagon for Ivor
Pssh-t-cuff, psh-t-cuff, psh-t-cuff!
Lovely idea and a lovely job Tony. I look forward to the arrival of the pachyderms!
I'll keep my eyes peeled for you on Saturday. I shan't be able to visit on Sunday as I'm heading south to Sheffield - Sheffield Park that is!
Lovely idea and a lovely job Tony. I look forward to the arrival of the pachyderms!
I'll keep my eyes peeled for you on Saturday. I shan't be able to visit on Sunday as I'm heading south to Sheffield - Sheffield Park that is!
"Smith! Why do you only come to work four days a week?
"'cause I can't manage on three gaffer!"
"'cause I can't manage on three gaffer!"
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