1/35 (If) Open Wagon Finished
Havent posted anything for a while not for the lack of progress (there has been some), but for the lack of pictures of the progress. Camera got lost once again and I found it just today. This project has been going in stages and about a month ago, I finished off the final stage: the hardware. Everything is scratchbuilt from stripwood, plastruct shapes and Grandt line NBW’s. (the construction of the frame is described in the 1st post on this project) Overall it was an easy build nd I think it turned out well, for the time that I’ve put into it. The corned bracing irons, came out poorly, but by the time I realized that they are crap, it was too late, and I figured….Ill make it work. The boards are treated with AI solution, and drybrushed with acrylic paint. The hardware is sprayed with testors flat black, washed with acrylic washes and dusted with Bragdon’s powders.
Here are some photos of the final product.
PS: As you can see on the shot with the Decauville, the coupling height is way off, and its a problem I havent come up with a solution for yet. I initially planned to use the loco strictly with Koppel dump cars and made the couplers to match their height. Lated I decided to build a common carrier…..(any suggestions on how prototypes might have solved this issue without moving the actual couplers around?)
Thanks for looking, happy RR’ing
Alex
