Sunny Sunday (16) ....a selection of 'brown' wagons...

After a spot of leaf wrangling around the garden; time to run a train ... today a selection of brown rolling stock. The tram loco pulls a Plateway Models van, with the new completed bogey open wagon (GRS kit) and the bogey van (also a GRS kit)....

WagonWorks : Bogey Goods Open Wagon (4)...ready for service...

 The bogey goods wagon has been through the paint shop; transfers for the lettering arrived yesterday and I put them on the wagon today.

Sunny Sunday (15) .... Parcels Train

A sunny Sunday,  however before any trains it was time to get the leaf sucker-upper out and clear away leaves around the garden and on the track.

Gardening chore done,  getting a bit cloudy though but I had time to run a battery powered R/C loco pulling a parcels train...

WagonWorks : Bogey Goods Open Wagon (3)...the fiddly bits

 The build continues.... more exact measuring required, holes to be drilled and metal rod to be bent...

Under frame bits added with some wire to provide bracing....

The ends done, bracing and part of the tarpaulin cover support mechanism

The main tricky bit was bending the metal rod for the tarpaulin cover support, the hoops to support it were then added..

The door detail, hinges and bracing, I was short of some bracing bar strip (there were a couple of bits missing from the kit ), so I made up some from plasticard.....

Door handles added, these were made from brass rod ( took about 7 attempts to bend 2 suitable handles)

Carefully marked up the position of the diagonal side braces....

cut strips provided to size and added.them ..

Onto the couplings ....a extension made for the bogey 'crafted' out of plasticard  ...

All done, quite satisfying to complete the build of the kit...

A quick test that I've got the couplings with sufficient clearance around the curve was satisfactory...

Now its off to the paint shop.... plus I'll need to get some transfers for the lettering etc.

WagonWorks : Bogey Goods Open Wagon (2)... the easy bits ?

The build continues....

Some kits are a bit like jigsaw puzzles, this one is a bit light on the instructions, needing my the little grey cells to work harder...... hopefully there aren't any missing pieces (I expect so, at least I can make up some replacements).

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After carefully marking up the sides, the side bracing pieces were added, one side has the brake handle holder.

Moving on to the underframe, the holders for the bogies have to be fitted. The instructions say something like 'the holders may have to be adjusted in height as needed'. I couldn't cut the thick plastic they were made of, so I resorted to removing part of the support...

and using some plasticard spacers...

looks fine with the bogey positioned (bodge covered up ! 😀)

Out to the garage layout, the wagon runs round the Radius 1 curves OK...

the bogey open next to its future pal the bogey van...

Time for a break in the build, read the instructions again 😇..... and then get on with the fiddly bits

WagonWorks : Bogey Goods Open Wagon (1)... getting started

 Picked up a cheap GRS kit off Ebay... an L&B open bogey wagon

Today I built the main body of the wagon....

On inspection I found I'd put the sides on inside out  😡 (even though I'd read the instructions !); fortunately the glue hadn't set and I recovered my mistake. I put the whole thing away for another day.... I didn't want to make any more mistakes 😁

New diesel loco enters service.....

On the garage layout today testing my new freelance diesel loco, made from the remnants of a defunct LGB track cleaning loco.

Wagon Works - Open Wagon (2)... painted...

 The open wagon shown in the last post has been through the paint shop and now ready for service.....

Wagon Works - Open Wagon...

 New purchased item from Ebay, finds its way into the wagon works. Today it will get some replacement Accucraft couplings....

couplings replaced and a short tryout on the garage layout .....

the wagon will need to go to the paint shop next..

Sunny Sunday (14) - a works train....

 Nice to have some sunshine after all that rain.. so an opportunity to run a train this afternoon....on the last day of Summer...

LocoWorks: A new diesel (3) - final assembly finished

Today I stuck in place all the pieces of the loco, all the gaps and holes have been suitably filled..

I've lost one of the centre buffers....(so I've had to order one)

LocoWorks: A new diesel (2) - tidy up and fit bits

Covered up the footplate holes with plasticard and also the cab front and back...to cover up the gaps .....

Easy fit, the bits for the side of the chassis go back on

missing coupling replaced....

LocoWorks: A new diesel...

 The track cleaning loco...

has finally stopped working. Fed up with trying to repair it I decided to break it up and make small diesel loco from it, the fun bit, taking it apart......

decided on which bits to keep and what bits to cut up..... a brief workout sawing with a small hacksaw followed....

trial assembly done, with a box of useful bits that may come in useful...

a quick run test on the garage layout....

plenty left to do, filling holes etc then deciding on a colour to paint it.... perhaps some nameplates for it - "Phoenix" ?

Sunny Friday ...

Single Fairlie has a run round my friend's garden railway layout on a sunny friday afternoon....