Dutch Scale Seven Group Newsletter juni 2024

 Some news from the DSSG.

I needed to update this blog during the last months is was very quiet,  exhibitions with 0 scale are very rare in the Netherlands. But here is some modelling activity in the workshop. 

The 6 wheeler GWR Milk tank wagon.

To build a Twin - Tank milk van I used the Slater's kit. It a nice kit and easy to build. I build the frame with some changes to fit the S7 wheels. All the pipes for the steam heating and vacuum brakes are mounted.

The Slater's GWR Milk tank is finished

Started to build a GWR Gas wagon no 2 "Cordon".

Years ago I got a kit to build a Cordon but the kit was not a good kit to build a detailed gas wagon. I left it in the drawer of my workbench. But when I looked at the kit again I made the decision to use the parts to build an other GWR gaswagon the GWR Cordon No 2. The article about the GWR gas wagons in the GWR journal winter 1992 no 1 inspired me to made this decision.

I scratch build the frame using new and  some old parts from the kit. The wagon is for my S7 layout so I need to change the spacing between the brake shoes. I changed the gas tanks made them shorter and made new plates with rivets. I used my CNC milling machine to press all the rivets.

At the up site of the wagon frame I will fitted real wooden planking. The wooden frames for the tanks are home made from wood like the wooden frames on the prototype.

I fitted the axles with small ball-bearings in the axle boxes. The wagon is not yet finished.

Happy modelling and greetings,

Cor de Jong the Netherlands.

 

Dutch Scale Seven Group Newsletter 22 June 2021

During last months in the Netherlands there where no model railway shows where we could promote scale seven. My modelling friends who came every Friday night to my workshop they stayed at their homes waiting for better days. In August we hope to meet each other again and talk about railway modelling. But at my home the scale seven Minehead railway is growing.

Tracks and points.

Almost all the tracks are laid and at some finished parts there are the first test runs with engines and rolling stock. All the sleepers for the tracks and points are made in my workshop weathered and stained so they look old and used. 

Signal box.

For the railway a model of the Minehead 1905 - 1938 signal box is under construction. The drawings came from the book "The Minehead Branch 1848 -1971 by Ian Coleby". The walls are CNC cut from thin ply and also the window frames are CNC cut using  thin aluminium. The wooden planking is made of plastic strips and look right.  I also need to fit the point rodding along the tracks.

A kit to build a signal box interior came from Severn Models. This kit has very fine details and fit very well in the signal box. 

Signal box interior Photo CdJ.

Minehead 1905- 1938 Signal box under construction. Photo CdJ. 

Cattle dock.

A cattle dock is build using differed materials. The base is made from plywood the stone walls formed using  Das clay. For the fences I used old rail parts, the gates are CNC cut from aluminium sheet. Models of cattle and a farmer and weathering completed this piece. 

Cattle dock. Photo CdJ.

Twin tank milk wagon.

For my milk traffic at my railway I bought the Slater's kit of the 6 wheel  GWR twin milk tank. A nice kit with a lot of details. I had to modify the space between the brake blocks to fit them on a correct position against the wheel tire. The wheels are scale seven standard. 

Frame of the 6 wheeled GWR Twin Tank Milk wagon Photo CdJ.

I mounted all the piping under the frame for a complete realistic look. Need still to finish the two milk tanks.

Almost finished frame of the Milk wagon. Photo CdJ 

Passenger train.

For a passenger train with 4 wheeled coaches I bought a Slater's GWR diagram E37 and I have a dia. E32 and K2 in stock to build pictures will follow.

Till next  Cor de Jong