....If you really want to see some nice pre group wagons have a look at Mike Osbornes S7 scratch building on rmweb amazing
Do you have a link or a clue how to find this John? Can't get anything out of the RMW search. Tony
I did and I suspect many others did as well. Mike is one of those modellers who ploughs his own furrow, superb work and highly entertaining to talk with.Just out of interest did any of you look at Mike Osbornes thread
John
John, I think Richard Davidson made the wagon in your photograph. He lives in Victoria in Australia. When I say he made this wagon, I do mean he made everything including the wheels. Proper scratch building.I have no idea who made this wagon I just have photo of it it is rather nice
Just out of interest did any of you look at Mike Osbornes thread
John
John, I think Richard Davidson made the wagon in your photograph....
When I say he made this wagon, I do mean he made everything including the wheels....
It does look like one of Richard's wagons. He does have Scottish interests, but has also built a lot of English wagons over the last 40 or 50 years, all to exact scale. Availability of enough information to be able to produce an accurate model often determining the choice of prototype. The wheels are the real stand out feature of all his wagons, the scratch built split spoke wheels with thin tyres look much better on early stock than standard S7 Slaters wheels for example. I don't recall this actual wagon but I haven't been to his place for quite a few years.Mike,
I agree with you about Richard Davidson and his approach to wagon building, "everything including the wheels" is a very apt description of his work. Where I feel unsure about agreeing with you is in regard to the PO of the wagon - when Richard has written about his modelling there has been a Scottish flavour to the prototypes and often from the area around Edinburgh, the PO shown in John's photos is from Little Hulton in the Manchester area.
Fraser (@Overseer), as one with interests from up there and from earlier eras, what can you say about either the wagon or Richard's modelling interests?
Mind you, maybe I am off-beam a bit.... maybe Richard built the model for another (S7?) modeller? For example:- did Richard build the model for Tony Watts?
regards, Graham
Not necessarily so Tony.So Slaters spoked wagon wheels have an over-width centre ... , but with a scale thickness tyre? Or is the tyre overwidth too?