RWLR bogie flat wagons
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RWLR bogie flat wagons
Santa brought me a pair of bogies for Christmas and as I wanted to building something quick I decided on a flat wagon:
My line is small with some tight curves so it is more of a 'squat' bogie wagon only measuring 250mm long.
It might develop into something more complex, however, for now I just want to get it running on my line as soon as possible.
The colour of the wood will look similar to my smaller flat wagon shown in the pictures.
This is my first true scratch build where I have not adapted a kit. I can see myself building more bogie wagons as they are much faster and easier to build then four wheeled stock for me.
My line is small with some tight curves so it is more of a 'squat' bogie wagon only measuring 250mm long.
It might develop into something more complex, however, for now I just want to get it running on my line as soon as possible.
The colour of the wood will look similar to my smaller flat wagon shown in the pictures.
This is my first true scratch build where I have not adapted a kit. I can see myself building more bogie wagons as they are much faster and easier to build then four wheeled stock for me.
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Hello Tom
Thanks for your pics of your nice boggiwagon. Then we are more who likes to scratchbuild our wagons. Here is mine - just before entering the paintshop ...
Thanks for your pics of your nice boggiwagon. Then we are more who likes to scratchbuild our wagons. Here is mine - just before entering the paintshop ...
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Livesteam 16mm on my line - the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy)
Livesteam 16mm on my line - the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy)
Interesting, thanks for the pics I was thinking of making myself a couple of bogie flat wagons. I have a couple of cylinders of wire which I'm hoping could be painted up to look like rolls of cable
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Good idea!laalratty:94748 wrote:I have a couple of cylinders of wire which I'm hoping could be painted up to look like rolls of cable
I stuck two layers of lollipop sticks horizontally then vertically and then cut/filed a circle:
Hopefully aiming to build something like this:
Bit crude but cost nought...
The weather has been complete crap here in Kent David as you know, bring on Spring!
Kjell, could you tell me please where you bought or how you made the hoop rings on your wagon. Looks great
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Some times it is worth to go shopping with the mrs.tom_tom_go:94813 wrote:Kjell, could you tell me please where you bought or how you made the hoop rings on your wagon. Looks great
Hobbyshops for ladies has a lot of small items for tailoring, knitting, paperclip and things for making earrings and jewellery. I think Panduro Hobby will be a good place to look.
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Livesteam 16mm on my line - the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy)
Livesteam 16mm on my line - the Pine Hill Railway (PHRy)
You want split pins and jump rings for making jewellery to add your details tom
Looks a great model so far! What's the weight like with it being a flat?
Looks a great model so far! What's the weight like with it being a flat?
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm
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Hobby craft certainly have them bud
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm
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I had similar fun with coffee stirrers but mounted the cable reel on a bogie wagon.tom_tom_go:94813 wrote:I stuck two layers of lollipop sticks horizontally then vertically and then cut/filed a circle:
Hopefully aiming to build something like this:
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Dug this one out to finish.
Decided not to go with the tanker idea and instead have raised deck so that the coupling height is bang on with the rest of my stock. The bogies can rotate a full 360 degrees so tights points are no longer a problem.
Couplings are now completed and painted:
I don't have any jump rings so made a test one out of electrical wire, is it too big though? (currently about 10mm in width)
Decided not to go with the tanker idea and instead have raised deck so that the coupling height is bang on with the rest of my stock. The bogies can rotate a full 360 degrees so tights points are no longer a problem.
Couplings are now completed and painted:
I don't have any jump rings so made a test one out of electrical wire, is it too big though? (currently about 10mm in width)
This is a bogie flat/bolster that I built several years ago. The bolsters are wood and are removable; being held in place by 2 spigots on the bottom of each bolster which locate into sockets in the wagon bed. (the bolsters are even interchangeable!). Similarly the stakes are also removable and can be inserted into flush square sockets in the bolsters.
The lashing rings are the aforementioned jewellery jump-rings and small split pins.
The general construction is of Plastruct around a bed of 6mm x 12mm strip wood, and the hand brake mechanism and truss rods are built up from brass strip, tube and rod.
The bogies came from 'stock'; haven't a clue who's they are or how I came by them, I've had them for years, but they are plastic moldings and are for 45mm gauge wheel-sets, although I seem to remember that they may have had Hornby 00 type coupling fitted originally.
The Playmobil coach in the background was in original condition at the time, but has since had a repaint, end doors, glazing and brass handrails fitted like the one in front of it.
The photo below shows it without a load coupled to a PM chassis/scratch built body brake van . The push-pull set is in the background.
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Re: RWLR bogie flat wagons
This flat wagon has been hanging around the works for quite a while so started to try and make it into something:
It was bought off eBay as a job lot and was originally stuck to a plastic O gauge coach chassis which did not look right to my eyes as the wheels and bogie were out of scale for the size of the wagon. The planking I added using lollipop sticks then weathered.
I have some G scale bogies that I butchered ages ago to fit 32mm track so I removed the O gauge chassis and then cut off the bogie mounts and bolted these back on:
I made bushes from cutting lengths off a soldering iron tip:
Bit of a bodge I know but it's my bitsa wagon on the cheap so not my finest work!
Testing bogie in place, rotates easily and even rocks a bit so should run smoothly:
Outside to see if it runs freely which it does:
The bracing I have added is from a G scale coach with rivet detail.
It was bought off eBay as a job lot and was originally stuck to a plastic O gauge coach chassis which did not look right to my eyes as the wheels and bogie were out of scale for the size of the wagon. The planking I added using lollipop sticks then weathered.
I have some G scale bogies that I butchered ages ago to fit 32mm track so I removed the O gauge chassis and then cut off the bogie mounts and bolted these back on:
I made bushes from cutting lengths off a soldering iron tip:
Bit of a bodge I know but it's my bitsa wagon on the cheap so not my finest work!
Testing bogie in place, rotates easily and even rocks a bit so should run smoothly:
Outside to see if it runs freely which it does:
The bracing I have added is from a G scale coach with rivet detail.
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Re: RWLR bogie flat wagons
The flat wagon is nice, but I love the buffer stop. Redolent of an impoverished company that presses anything half-way suitable into service. Excellent or though the erstwhile Mr Isle might have had a different opinion.
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Re: RWLR bogie flat wagons
The steel billets started life as wagon loads but I then found other uses for them
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That's a bit extravagant isn't ittom_tom_go wrote: ↑Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:27 pm I made bushes from cutting lengths off a soldering iron tip:
A nice and very serviceable wagon, Tom.
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