Side tipping skip wagon references.

Here's a list (not exhaustive!) of reference material for industrial side tipping skip wagons;

Books;

'The Standard "Rugga" Tipping Wagon from Robert Hudson Ltd'., Phil Robinson, Mosely Railway Trust. All you need to know about Hudson's n.g. wagons. Covered here.
'Industrial Narrow Gauge Stock and Trackwork', Sydney A. Leleux, Plateway Press. General overview of n.g. wagons, many photos of different skips.
'Industrial Wagons An Introduction', David Monk Steel. Industrial Railway Society. Drawing of a Hudson 15 ton s.g. wagon + photos of Hudson wagon and Charles Roberts Yorkshire Water Authority sludge wagon.
'Sheffield's Sewage Works Railways', A.J. Booth, Industrial Railway Society. Drawing of s.g. Hudson sludge wagon.
'Lead Mine Waggons' (British Mining No.54), R.A. Fairbairn, N.M.R.S. Publications. Drawings of n.g. mine skips, including Hudson designs and details of a hydraulic side tipper.

Magazine articles;

'Industrial Railway Record' 35, W.G. Allen n.g. wagon article and drawings. Link to IRS Archive.
'Industrial Railway Record' 36, drawings of a 3' gauge Hudson tipper, Sundon Cement Works.
'Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review' 3. Article 'Skips With Everything'.
'Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review' 34. Article 'Vee Type Tipping Wagons', looks at skips in general.
'Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review' 36. Article 'The Hudson Wagons', covers Hudson's n.g. skips.

Catalogue reprints; 

Orenstien & Koppel Catalogue No. 902, available from Greystar Publications.
Decauville Illustrated Catalogue No. 105, Jamuary 1905. Publisher unknown.
Robert Hudson Ltd. Leeds 1915 Edition. Narrow Gauge Railway Society reprint.
W.G. Bagnall Ltd, Narrow Gauge Locomotives and Rolling stock 1910. Plateway Press.

Some pics;

 Hudson skips at the Midland Railway Centre, Butterly. Ruston LAT at front.

As above.

Chas. Roberts sludge wagon, originally built for Sheffield Sewage Works, now at the Middleton Railway, Leeds.

W.G. Allens of Tipton(?) skip at Leander Architectural, Dove Holes.

Hudson skip frame, Leander Architectural.

Unknown make, Leander Architectural.

As above.

Allens of Tipton frames, Leander Architectural.

Hudson 'Rugga', Leander Architectural.

Unknown 'U' tub, Leander Architectural.

Unknown 'U' tub, Leander Architectural.

Hudson 'Rugga', still in use for casting sand, Leander Architectural.

Paul.

Airfix Model World 'Scale Modelling Step By Step' Bookazine

I came across this in smiffs a couple of weeks ago, and I've been dipping into it ever since;

It's really aimed at the novice/returnee to plastic kit building but there's plenty in there to interest the more experienced, and anyway going back to basics once in a while can only be a good thing. I haven't built a tank or 'plane kit for at least twenty years, probably longer, but reading through this might just inspire me to have a go at armour modelling again. The chapters cover the basics from cutting parts of off the sprues, sorry 'runners', to painting and weathering. The later chapters on weathering are particulary interesting, us railway modellers could learn a lot from the military modelling crowd, adding realistic paint chips using an offcut of sponge for example. The use of various washes is covered, as is the use of hairspray for creating rust finishes! At the end we see some particulary fine examples of the kit builders art, perhaps too fine in a 'I could never build something as good as that way'.

A couple of odd facts taken from it - film director Peter Jackson has his own company Wingnut Wings specialising in WW1 aircraft, and during the Cold War the Czeck Republic viewed model making as a wholesome pursuit.

Paul.