It's been a while, 6 months I see from the last entry, but like buses three come along at once. Various real life (what model trains are not real life?) issues prevented much (any) progress with things for a long time. A couple of exhibition visits of late have really got me motivated again and after I treated myself to a frankly ridiculous desk light that Precision Paints had on offer at the Watford show I had to have a test.
I've been working on the trio of Bachman Macaw Bs that were acquired last year. So far they have been treated to scale bogies, which dramaticaly reduces the width below the solebars. They are attached around the moulded pivots and retained with the original plastic pins. All the lettering has been removed and will be done by hand to match in with my existing stock. I have started the weathering and re-painting already, but have not yet got very far.
Apologies for the quality of the lighting in the photo. The rest of the room seems almost like darkness compared to my desk now!
Two of the three are going to be permanently joined to carry a 90' load of timber. I have to either find some 4mm square strip wood or wait until I can get in the garden to reduce some of the 8mm square that I have. An 8mm square 180mm long piece of wood is loaded in the photo so you can get an idea of the size of the load. I am planning to load the other wagon in a similar manner to that on the cover of Russel: Freight Wagons and Loads in Service on the GWR. I have some thin wood that will do nicely, however I calculate that I need to cut at least 400 pieces of wood 1.1mm width and around 40mm length for this one and that will take up a few evenings alone.
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