Leaf springs for the RWLR

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Leaf springs for the RWLR

Post by tom_tom_go » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:15 pm

RWLR staff kept complaining of the lak of suspension in the only guards van currently in service so to stop them all going to the union I gave in and fitted it out:

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Post by taliesin001 » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:02 pm

Very nice, I think it improves quite alot. i also like the detailing you've done to this. :D

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Post by taliesin » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:21 pm

That is really rather nice, very nice. Did you scratch build it or start with a kit? Rob

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Post by tom_tom_go » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:39 am

Cheers chaps.

It started life as this:

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It has had a fair amount of work done it as it was my first kit from IP and I wanted it to be the benchmark for the rest of my rolling stock.

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Post by LMS-Jools » Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:38 pm

Nice :D 8)

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Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:30 am

And here are some earlier pictures of the interior you will never see and the planked roof as the kit came with a piece of card:

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