In the weekend of
18 and 19 October, the Dutch Scale Seven Group was in Belgium Ton Trip
was invited to show his S7 railway “Tripton by the Sea” at the Modelspoor
Expo in the city of Leuven Netherlands
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| Ton Trip operating his S7 "Tripton by the Sea "layout. Photo CdJ |
For the S7
Kingswear layout I bought two kits of horse drawn carriages. Two types of
carriages are being modelled, a “Single horse Brougham” and a “Single horse
Wagonette”. These kits were produced by the firm Parliamentary Trains. I’ve
started building the Brougham carriage first. The small kit consists of laser
cut parts which fit very well. It’s a joy to build this little coach. For the
axles brass parts are included to produce a nice and realistic axle
construction. To make the spooked wheels look right, the kit includes parts for
a jig to press the spokes in the correct angle against the wheel rim. A very
effective solution.
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| Finished Brougham carriage. Photo CdJ |
A GWR 3501 Class
engine will be build for the broad gauge Kingswear railway. The kit is etched
nickle silver and looks great. I started to build the frame first and will make
split axles for this engine. The insulated Slater’s hornblocks will be mounted
with M0,8 bolts. This will make the construction more appealing. Mounting the
hornblocks with the small M0,8 bolts will also make it easy to adjust the
hornblocks when placed in the frames.
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| BG 3501 Class frame under construction. Photo CdJ |
Currently there
is a nice kit of a GWR “Tadpole” wagon produced by WEP models
on the work bench. This brass kit is an interesting example of a wagon with 3
axles and an outside braking system. Ton and I like the WEP kits because they
are of a high standard and have that much desired realistic look.
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| G.W.R "Tadpole" Fishwagon under construction. Photo CdJ. |
For the complete building proces of this wagon look at GWR "Tadpole" building page.
Till next ....
CdJ
Till next ....
CdJ
