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MTA · Last edited by MTA on Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:19 pm; edited 5 times in total

I have just completed my pair of Binnie bolster wagons, with a load of Peco bullhead rail.

The two wagons cost only £4 each, and are made of ABS and nylon. Everything bar the coupling chain and rail was supplied with the kit. It is a VERY easy kit to build, with very little flash to file off.

The rail is extruded brass Peco rail, which was supplied in yard lengths which I cut up into three lengths per yard.

I will probably add 'real rust' to the rail in time to further weather the set-piece.

All it needs now is a tidy up of the paint and it is good to go.
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andysleigh · Minor 2 - novice : Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Posts: 71

That looks great Si!
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Mamod Collector · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject:

Impresive wagon Simon, well done Very Happy

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MTA · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:01 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Mike and Andy.

This is just a small part of a permanent way train I am assembling. More details here:

http://www.freewebs.com/pandglr/rollingstock.htm#335644083

I have just ordered the AnDel bogie wagon, and I have the material for the sleeper load Very Happy

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Minor1PJG · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:04 pm Post subject:

It looks really good Very Happy

Judging by the chains you might need to cut up a lot more rail for the load Wink

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MTA · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Paul Very Happy

Yes, but at £15 for 7 lengths of rail it can get a bit pricey Embarassed

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SillyBilly · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject:

Nice Si, but it would be an idea to get some brass and make a coupling bar to go inbetween the two wagons, a chain would be hell in real life, especially when propelling.
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MTA · Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:53 pm Post subject:

I received my new wagon kit today, it is an AnDel small bogie wagon kit with ends.

I completed it in under three hours from delivery (without a break) and it has to be the easiest kit I have built to date. Hardly any flash (and any that was present was easily filed off with a couple of strokes with a swiss file, literally!) and the best instructions I have encountered to date were a pleasure to read and follow.

The components are made from pre-coloured resin, which makes life easier and build time shorter as you don't have to paint it. I used Vital thick super glue which sets in seconds, which helped with the build time.

Here are some pics whilst in the construction stages:

Missed a few steps here; the buffer beams were glued on, as was the strip of brown resin which helps with the centre of gravity. Here the side girders are being glued and clamped on. The small clamps only cost me 20p each and the larger one £1.50 and they have been a great help!

The planked ends are made up of two halves, so these were glued and clamped together.

The ends were then stuck onto the top of the buffer beams and using my square edge made sure they were at 90 degrees to the bed.

These detail strips were then added. It makes a rather dull end a bit more interesting to look at.

This is the stage I was at within an hour.

The bogie sides are made up of two halves. One is detailed whilst the other has a slot for the stretcher and the holes for the axles. These, like the wagon ends, were stuck together and clamped.

Two halves waiting to be stuck together.

One stretcher in place, so the wheels can be slotted into this side and then the other side can be added to keep everything in place.

There we have it! Two rolling bogies.

The underside of the body being marked up for the centres of the bogie pivots.

The bogie pivots are screwed on with brass self tapping screws, with a washer underneath so the bogies can swivel.

A couple of bearing surfaces are added onto the underside of the body so the bogies can clear the girders, giving the wagon a better chance of going around tighter curves.

The rather nice couplings (much better than the oval headed centre buffers in my opinion) were then stuck on and clamped in place.

The bogies were then stuck onto the bearing pivots. Note how the wheels are of a pre coloured 'surface rust' colour.

And we end up with a very nice wagon, needless to say I am very pleased with it.

I will probably remove the brass chain, as I tend to use the hooks on the top of the coupling with Lineside Delight's natural finish chain.

I have sawn up some sleepers to add as a load, and I'll be purchasing some chairs (no, not the type that you sit on...) to assemble into a pile and stick those on too. I'll post pics of those once completed.

I'm over the moon with this Very Happy

I'll definitely be getting more AnDel kits in the future Cool

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