Over the last
few months I have been building tank wagons. Some of the tank wagons on the
layout date back to the mid 1970’s, they are on their third set of bogies and
my modelling standards have improved a little over time.
Thus a program
to replace a few of these wagons has started. In this batch I did six wagons. One
of the tank wagons in this batch is OV 9.
A couple of
weekends ago I entered the wagon in the NMRA Regional Convention Modelling
Contest. The judging is carried out with 125 points on offer. The model scored
113, I was marked down for not adding some detail. I build rollingstock to run
on the layout, if you cannot see it standing on the track I don’t add it. But,
it is something for me to think about in the future. The items missing are not
hard to do and on tank wagons could add more to the model.
OV 9 Homestead 1969. The wagon was taken off a train due to a hot box.
This wagon I used Evergreen styrene for the underframe. Some of the other wagons in the batch I used "North Yard" brass strips.
The model was painted with Tru-color TCP-010 Black.
Decal were made by Ted Freeman in Toowoomba. Email teditor@bigpond.com
The model was weathered with Vallejo Model Color acrylic paint.
This coming
weekend (Saturday14th of October), I will be doing a clinic on Tank
Wagons at the Modelling the Railways of Queensland Convention. How the wagons were constructed and the missing
parts will be disclosed.
The other wagons will make it onto the blog after the Convention.
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