Paul821 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Having asked for permission for this build to be included and permission granted as it slightly bends the rules. The first official history of the railways during WW2 was published in 1945 and that stated "The four weeks following 6th June were the busiest in the history of the railways, During that period 17,500 special troop and stores trains were run. 4,500 more than in the four weeks preceding D-Day. ". My build is in tribute to the efforts of those railwaymen and women, Two kits of wooden bodied wagons that would have been pressed into service, in those weeks, to carry the bombs and shells used by the equipment that many others are building in this GB. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Good to see this is happening Paul 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Glad you have went live with the idea. A fact not many would think of either. They said the desert war in Africa was a logistics war, and the largest invasion would have needed a lot of gear shifting. Will be a great addition and looking forward to see what you do 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 now this is something quite different....and really nice to see! Something nice and different to follow.....well done on the choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 At last I have opened the bags for the sprue shots The main build should be quick, but I intend adding detail to this both painted and items such as bombs, tarpaulins;s and proper couplings. This will take but will be documented and explained here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Hey! good to see the plastic out of the bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 At last some progress: The plastic used in these kits is ABS so a different solvent is needed. The Delxe Materials guide says that "Plastic Magic\3 should work so I will see when I remove the rubber bands from the wagons. Another task is fit these small brass cups into the axle boxes, so that the wagon is free running on the track. Although these will be in a static diorama I still carried out this task. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Good to see these are now being glued - hope it work too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 Although a simple kit, because of the ABS plastic I tend to leave the joints to cure for a reasonable time. But today the wagons at least moved to their natural environment still some way to go though.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Good to see these on the rails - I'll be interrested to see what colours they'll be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 9:31 PM, Robert Stuart said: I'll be interrested to see what colours they'll be? Robert - unfortunately the choice of colours is slighting restricted as will be seen from the latest build picture The difference between the wagons is that the one of the left is fitted with "continuous brakes" that is the brakes are held off through the presence of a vacuum in the braking system. The vacuum is created by the engine and piped through the train. If air is let into the system then the brakes will come on. The wagon on the right does not have any such system and the only brakes are applied manually (in theory when the wagon is at a halt. The moving wagon can only be brought to a halt by brakes being applied elsewhere on the train - the engine or brake van. The reason that this dictates colour is that the LNER adopted colour coding for its wagons: vacuum brakes ones were painted Brown red oxide / Bauxite, while unfitted were Grey. This coding was adopted by the nationalised railways and could be seen until all trains became air braked - that is a different story. The alternative would be to have painted one of them as a Private Owner wagon, but war time photos of such wagons are rare and I known bauxite and grey are the correct colours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 The title of the build has now changed to reflect the fact that this should now be the first in a set of three called "From Train to Plane" Part two will be this - a purchase through e-bay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Having at long last visited a LMS that specialises in Railways, I purchased the correct paints and decals for these two. these alone nearly cost as much as to two kits! The paints are enamels and this will be the first time for many years I have applied anything but acrylic's. The application will be by brush as one reason for switching to acrylics was the ease of cleaning an airbrush. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Paul821 said: a LMS that specialises in Railways First read that as London Midland Scottish, then realised it was another TLA more usually found on BM. Good to see progress here, if more materials 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 For a simple pair of models progress is slow: Just some painting, decal application and weathering. Plus the question of the couplings. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 Those of you who may have youngsters who have Brio type trains will be aware tht thee trains are held together by magnets. Obviously thee would not work in real life, or indeed on model, rather than toy, railways. The UK solution to this has been this: unsightly hooks. The van on the left is an earlier type while most current models use the smaller type on the right. This allows for reliable running an automatic coupling and uncoupling In real life train do use hooks but they are differed This shows the two common types of wagon coupling that used to be employed. The coupling hanging don is a three-link coupling and would be hooked to the other wagon. The problem with this was that it allowed a lost of slack in the train.Up to six inches between each wagon. Therefore a thirty wagon train going up hill could be 15ft longer than the same train coming down hill as the wagons bunched. This bunching a stretching was not very comfortable for the guard in the van at the back! One solution a the instanter coupling - shown above linking the hooks, this could act as both a three link coupling or, using the shorter side - allow for more close coupling. Stock, such as passenger coaches, where loose coupling would not be suitable used the screw coupling where the screw between the coupling loops could be tightened to remove the slack completely. The next stage on this build is to fit scale three link couplings to the wagons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 It's been over a month since the last post here - but work has been concentrated on other GB efforts. As I want to get the rio ofbuilds in the Gallery by the deadline, I have returned to the wagons. One will have sheeting over it but the other will be open showing the bomb load. Despite looking at practically all te books published about WW2 trains this is the only picture I have found - so this will act as my inspiration. My understanding is that the picture is no longer subject to copyright. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 As your picture is quite small, I've enlarged it a bit. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawzer Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Is it just me or does it look like there's a distinct lack of 'ealth and safety? 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 Although the wagons themselves are complete, apart from decals and weathering a key element of my tree builds are the dioramas for them to sit on. This is the mock up of the wagon... If the diorama is not finished by the deadline the wagons will still get into the gallery. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 The GMC truck is now part of this diorama which has progressed to 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawzer Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Nice! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Due to an unplanned, but required, break, I have missed the deadline for this group build. However work will continue on my return and I will at least post the final result for this and the B-26 in part three. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I hope all is well? This is an interesting and different project, and one I'd like to see when complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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