006 mine tub

 As my 006 pizza has a mining theme I need suitable mine tubs to run on it. This waggon is a possible prototype for a small rake. Again the basic build is based on my flat, but this time the waggon is 1mm shorter, with a body measuring 19mm x 14mm x 9mm.

Scrap etch has again been used for the bodywork, with the floor and sides folded from one piece. The ends were made oversize so they could be filed to size once soldered in place, far easier than making them an exact fit;

I wanted a rivetted strip around the top, like on my N Brass tubs, and for those I used some ancient Kenline embossed wagon strapping that a friend gave me many years ago (thanks Mark);

I cut each strip overlength and trimmed to size once they'd been cyano'd in place.

Here's the pack of strapping; 

Note the price!

As per my other 006 waggons I've used Vallejo black grey as a topcoat with a coat of Vallejo varnish for protection;

Here it is lined up with my other scratchbuilt 006 waggons;

By using the same basic design and finishing them off with the same black grey paint and hand lettering I hope to build a rake of waggons than look like they have all come from the same small workshop. Which, in reality, they have.

Paul.