Parkside Dundas slate wagons

[Tigger]

Good point, Alan.

Was looking at my enpty slate 'match wagons' last night - the ones I use for coupling to locos not normally used for the slate traffic.  At present they're ballasted with the Langley folded tarpaulins but having read this thread I think I'll try filling the underside of the wagons with scrap whitemetal instead.  Thanks folks!

[Alan Feldon]

I tend to use sheet lead ( for roofing) where this can be concealed under the chassis.This can be used on Ashby wagons between the brake gear for instance.Where this would be visible from a side view then obviously the aquarium lead (being much thinner)would be better,although obviously not providing so much weight.horses for courses!
I use the same sheet lead for weighting in locos ,so far my sheet has gone a long way!

[gtmspyder]

So that's where the church roof went, shame on you. ;D

Regards,

BrianT.

[Alan Feldon]

And the statue therein is weeping when it rains-shades of Del boy!
Unfortunately no lead on the roofs of Greek churches so had to buy mine.

[Tigger]

I've a roll of flashing lead which I've used for weighting the Buccabury WD D wagons - it might be a bit thick but it's excellent stuff.

[Ozymandius]

I cut my lead sheet into little fat crosses with chamfered edges to avoid the wheels and to limit visibilty from the side.  Glued underneath  primed and painted matt black they cannot easily be seen.

If I could work out how to post a photo I would!!

Must try harder...

Tony

[Tigger]

It's fairly easy - click the 'additional options' feature, use 'choose file' by the emboldened 'Attach:' and that allows you to brows your own pc for photos.  With the'(more attachments)' option you can upload up to four photos.  Don't forget that there's a limit to the total upload size.

[Ozymandius]

Well here goes then.

The photo I am hoping to attach is of the underframe of a 5 and 3 ton slate wagon showing the cruciform lead weight attached to the chassis.  Alas, the paint intended to conceal the weights does just that!

Tony

[Ozymandius]

Gosh it worked!

Buoyed up by that first, here is a photo of the wagons the right way up!! 

The texture on the rail, I am proud of - but it took 20 years of storage in the loft to build it up!!

Best regards

Tony

[Tony Clarke]

Thank you to all those who replied. I have cleaned out the bearings and generally improved the running characteristics and the wagons now shunt reasonably well. I had already weighted them.

Tony Clarke