LSWR/GER early open wagon

[Rob R]

That is looking very good indeed Jon.
Could be tempted into G3 if they were available (hmmm, maybe get a bigger printer?)

 

[Mike W]

Superb Jon. Of course there are mistakes, but known only to you and it looks excellent to us mere mortals. Afterall, the perfect model hasn't been built ... yet.

Rob R - You'll never know until you try Gauge 3. Go on you know you want to !

Mike

 

[Rob R]

Superb Jon. Of course there are mistakes, but known only to you and it looks excellent to us mere mortals. Afterall, the perfect model hasn't been built ... yet.

Rob R - You'll never know until you try Gauge 3. Go on you know you want to !

Mike

Funny you should say that Mike.
Drawing not yet finished (hinges etc, headstock detail) and first test print leaving something to be desired but a Spalding and Bourne Railway Gloster van in G3 for a fellow SSMRS member.
Biro for scale.
Apologies for poor snapshot and apologies to Jon for the diversion.
About 6 quid for the resin and two 8 hour prints.
Rob

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Rob
That has incredibly clear detail and no stripes! Most of the 3D prints that I've seen are covered in stripes from the layering process, I presume and would be a devil to sand off which is why I've never gone for them.

Jon

 

[Rob R]

Jon,
There is a little bit of layering on the centre end stanchions because they have a slight taper but nothing that couldn't be fixed with a few seconds of light sanding.
The ends and outer 2 side panels form U shaped pieces with the door sections separate, small holes for wire alignment dowels and assembled around a 3mm ply floor and inner sides.
Still much work to do yet.
Rob

 

[John Gledhill]

That looks amazing! What printer and resin did you use, please? I'd buy a machine tomorrow if I was sure I could get results like that!

John.

 

[Rob R]

That looks amazing! What printer and resin did you use, please? I'd buy a machine tomorrow if I was sure I could get results like that!

John.

John,
Without cluttering up Jon's thread too much, Elegoo Mars 2 Pro is the machine, this resin was the Elegoo water washable grey and it was (is being) drawn in Tinkercad.
I shall report further on my workbench thread in due course.
Rob

 

[John Gledhill]

John,
Without cluttering up Jon's thread too much, Elegoo Mars 2 Pro is the machine, this resin was the Elegoo water washable grey and it was (is being) drawn in Tinkercad.
I shall report further on my workbench thread in due course.
Rob

Thanks Rob!

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Up on her wheels. I couldn't get the camera to take a picture in focus for some reason.

Jon

 

[David Waite]

Hi Jon
I have enjoyed your post.
Thats a wonderful job you have done.
David.

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Thank you, David.

Jon

 

[michael mott]

Hi Jon the wagon look fantastic, you have a mastery of combining the metal and styrene that works to great advantage.

Michael

 

[Rob R]

Jon,
I have just found another user of these wagons (2nd hand).
As well as the Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramway and the Lambourne Valley Railway the Salvation Army had some.
Sally Army at Hadleigh

Rob

 

[NickB]

Once again, there are mistakes.

I'll take your word for it, but I can't imagine what they are.

Nick

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Rob
After seeing your picture, it seems even more plausible that the LSWR used them.

Jon

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Here she is with coat of gloss grey. I've ordered some transfers for her and they've been applied, I'll give the wagon a coat of matt varnish. There is very little documentation as to what lettering these early wagons carried and so, I've simply ordered L S W R Co and a number for this and the other LSWR wagon. I gleaned the information about the 'Co' part from the book, SOUTHERN STYLE Part One LSWR by John Harvey.

Jon

 

[Jon Nazareth]

Another one finished at last. I used RailMatch, Roof Dirt on the springs and W irons which is a new thing for me as I always used to use 'weathered black'. I think that I'm going to stick to the Roof Dirt colour in future. On the axle boxes and buffer heads, I used a gun blue and then sprayed them with matt varnish to keep the rust at bay. I'm not sure why I didn't think of it ages ago. The grey of the wagon, I'd have liked a bit lighter but not so light that the white lettering wouldn't have shown up. It just depends on what Mr Halford has in the way of rattle cans when I visit him. No one really knows what shade of grey these early wagons had so, I feel justified in my choice.

Jon

 

[David Waite]

Hi Jon
Beautiful job, that shade of grey look great it’s certainly a unique wagon.
David.