The first two are RT Models kits. These are simple one piece whitemetal castings which just need the axlebox holes drilling out. RT make two types, three bar and four bar;
The third wagon is from Mark's Penistone Railway Works. This one is 3D printed in Frosted Ultra Detail. Axles are held in place with little clips which need glueing in place, I used cyano. My one is an early version, Mark has since re-designed it making the crossbars wider. The print is nice and crisp, and would benefit from a little distressing with a knife as slab wagons led a hard life, something which I didn't do this time;
To hopefully get a weathered wood finish I first sprayed the wagons with Hycote grey auto primer, followed by a brush coat of Revel Aqua Color (sic) 378 'Dark Grey'. Dry brushing followed, first with Humbrol 5029 'Dark Matt Earth' then Revel 75 'Stone Grey'. I used a mix of Citadel 'Rhinox Hide' and Humbrol 62 'Leather' for the iron strapping and wheels. RT Models etched couplings (small loops) are fitted. As the wagons are open framed I blackened the axles with Birchwood Casey 'Super Blue'.
Here they are together;
The printed wagon is a little light, perhaps I should give it a load. Maybe a Ruston Bucyrus bucket? (Langley, from the 'bits box' on their trade stand);
Loaded or not, they'll look great behind my quarry Hunslet.
Iain Robinson has also built one of Mark's wagons, which can be seen here.
Paul.
Glad to see the wagon went together okay, especially as the print you had didn't have any spare axle clips. It's also the first time I've seen one alongside the RT models versions and I think it blends in well, adds variation if nothing else. As you say though the weight is the problem and on this wagon there is definitely no room to hide any liquid gravity.
ReplyDeleteIt did go together well Mark, and I like the way the axle clips work, very neat. And I managed not to drop any clips on the floor, normally any modelling session involving small parts involves some scrabbling around on the floor searching, usually with a small dog joining in (getting in the way!).
DeleteBeing light just means that it will sit at the back of the rake, in OO9 it pays to be carefull when assembling rakes of wagons. But then you need to be carefull when running full size wagons as well, differing weights and couplings can cause problems. Luckily full sized 2' gauge skips are fairly easy to man-handle back on the rails...
Those wagons look great. There were differences among wagons in the same quarry, older ones having wooden crossmembers and younger ones being metal, so a mix like you have looks very authentic. You've painted them beautifully as well and I love that bucket, just the sort of thing to be going from the blacksmith's/engineer's shop to the working face! A tiny point, and one that I didn't attend to on my own model, is that the axles were regularly smothered in a gloop of black grease, easily depicted with a smear of black enamel. Only quarry obsessives like me would notice anyway :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Iain, if you approve of the paintwork then I must have done something right! I shall attend to those axles, its those little details that bring a model to life.
DeleteThe bucket was just a piece of fun really, but does make a nice load!
Hi Paul, more interesting wagons! I'm beginning to feel the urge, must resist! That bucket load, are you sure it's within regulations! :-)
ReplyDelete3D printing is really coming into its own now. I've been looking at Mark's LNWR one-planker several times - very tempting although *just* at the wrong end of my1900s period.
Stick with the wonderfull Farthing Mikkel, OO9 involves all sorts of silly compromises! The bucket should be ok so long as speed restrictions are adhered to...
DeleteI'm still not entirely convinced by 3D printing, although it has been enthusiastically taken up by OO9 modellers in general. To my eye there are still surface finish issues even with FUD, fine for a wooden wagon but not so good for a sheet metal surface such as a loco body. I do have two loco bodies to play around with, one in FUD and the other in WSF, which to be frank looks like pebbledash. Perhaps I'm too picky but when you've built models from brass you realise that nothing looks more like sheet metal than sheet metal.
I agree, even in FUD I try and avoid modelling large metal surfaces as it really doesn't work too well, certainly not if there is any raised detail that might require support material to be printed as well. As you say modelling metal with metal gives the best results!
DeleteGlad you like the one plank wagon Mikkel, shame it's just outside your modelling period, as I would have loved to see one gracing one of your excellent scenes.
Strangely I was using WSF for all the OO gauge wagons (including the one plank LNWR wagon) and at that scale I don't think it looks too bad, especially when painted. Annoyingly though the recent change in pricing at Shapeways has made these more expensive and closer to FUD pricing. I'm yet to test print any of those wagons in FUD though given I don't currently have a need for one.
Very interesting, I did not realise that you had taken the 009 route, I have moved to 1:45 big stuff.
DeleteBest wishes
Tim
I seem to be going back to my roots Tim, as I used to model in OO9 many years ago in my teens/early twenties.
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