Hello
Well as I promised myself I would wait a year before posting into such a prestigious forum as this. But here goes:
One of my projects is a
Hi Jeff,
Looking good so far and very original!
Having the doors amidships is an interesting variation that I haven't tried (yet!). Lots of questions coming to mind already:
1. If you are building 2 units back to back with a powered car in the middle, what are you going to mount the railcars on? Simple bogies, or are these going to be Walker style articulateds?
2. The photo looks as if you have used the doors from both kits in the single unit so far tackled. If so, what will you use for doors on the other unit? Or are you using a pair of kits for each unit? (which will create quite an expensive model in the end won't it?).
I'm looking forward to seeing this one progress - might give me the kick up the pants I need to get on with my third variation on the theme, which is currently no more than bits of cab stuck onto a Kato tram chassis!
Mick
I agree with Mick, I like the mid doors idea.
Here is a picture of my railcar pair. Vaguely based on the standard gauge unit which lived on the K&ESR. A brilliant source of inspiration for railcars of all shapes and sizes is the book by WJK Davies snappily titled 'The light ralway railcar in western Europe'. Fab book full of the wierd and wonderful.
Look forward to progress reports.
and again
Yes Mick four kits I
So a progress report.
Excuse the photographs, they say the camera never lies, but in my case it seems to say one thing in the viewer and another on the computer (so it does lie, or as I like to think it looks better in real life).
Remember that I have to do every twice ready for railcar 2
(https://forum.009society.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1021.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf337%2Fjjsnr%2FPicture072.jpg&hash=50b318809e4e574ca2aeb904f7631f6ceca9be0b)
1. I have laminated strips of
An update
I have decided against the kits under frame chassis as it lifted the car to high at the rear end. So I had to place another order with the strut suppliers, hopefully it might get here before Christmas.
So I turned my attention to the centre driving wagon. Using an article from 009 News 2005.
This is a 600 mm long wagon, with a Kato tram chassis as the base.
Unfortunately the micro strut to finish is with the same order as above!
(https://forum.009society.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1021.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faf337%2Fjjsnr%2FPicture088.jpg&hash=60d6ea39afa96e3de362ebf192739583d45ed0f0)
Again the photo does not do it justice.
Below the false floor a Kato tram chassis fits very neatly, and the reason for the false floor is to add ballast.
Jeff
Hi Jeff,
I am again honoured that you have chosen my old goods vehicle article as your pattern for this! You've also beaten me to my own game as I have had a Kato powered goods van on the "to do" list for ages now - the only power I have currently for my non-motored railcars (a couple at the moment) is a powered railcar trailer, another Kato tram chassis, which gives the game away a bit when it keeps appearing on all the small railcar operated services! However, I think the typo-fairy got at your posting as a 600mm long van (nearly 2ft in proper dimensions) would look just a little l - o - n - g in 009 ;D
One quick comment - try to keep the ballast weights as low as possible - if you are using metal such as pond plant weighting strips (obtainable from garden centres in rolls of several metres long by about 5mm wide), then you will probably be able to glue a couple each side alongside the Kato chassis and UNDER the false floor, as well as some glued on top of it.
Looking forward to seeing how this project develops!
Mick
Hi Mick
Yes Ok I could never quite get my head around this new metric thing.
2
Quote from: Brandyman on December 22, 2009, 23:57
Hi Mick
Yes Ok I could never quite get my head around this new metric thing.
2
I
Well I found my old self. 2009 to 2018 Doesn't time fly.
I suppose i better get the box of bits out of the draw and finish this thing.
Jeff