Nystrup Gravel: Spudded wheels

Wednesday 11 April 2012

Spudded wheels - Volvo T 41 (1/35)

I may be building an industrial railway, but I have an interest in tractors too. As the town of Nystrup is located in a rural area and the gravel company's railway winds its way through a lot of fields, models of tractors are not out of place. Even though I build in 1:35 scale I have become sort of addicted to the tractor models in 1:32 from Model Tractor Co. Last summer I built a Volvo T 41 with a wood burning gas generator. A gas generator was used on many lorries, smaller locomotives and tractors during the German occupation of Denmark 1940-1945 to save liquid fuel. The gas generator turned wood into gas to be burned in the engine.

The tractor is painted with Vallejo acrylics. Engine block and gear box are 975 'Military Green' while wheels, bonnet and fenders are 70957 'Flat Red'. The gas generator is painted in Model Air 064 'Chrome'. The tractor is lightly weathered with oil paints and pastel chalks. The tractor's license plate is a custom made decal from the small Danish producer Skilteskoven. The small markings on the generator are from a set by Archer - 'small instructional plaques'. The 'Volvo' markings are from the kit.

A nice kit, easy to assemble and a great addition to my little piece of 1950's Denmark. If any inspiration is still needed to build one yourself, enjoy this image from a Volvo commercial!

2 comments:

MPH14 April 2012 at 01:28
very nice blog, how did you make your grass look so realistic?
Gil
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Claus Nielsen14 April 2012 at 15:00
Hi Gil
Thanks for the encouragement! Well, I didn't do anything, really. I jusk bought grass matts from the German manufacturer Heki. The grass is called 'Wildgrass' in the length you see in the tractor photo. I translates roughly to 'wild grass'. I can be had in different lengths and colours. You might find this useful: http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=2824

Best regards Claus
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About Nystrup Gravel

Nystrup Gravel is a 1:19 scale model on 32 mm gauge track of a Danish gravel company with a 600 mm. railway. Lines from several gravel pits converged outside the small town of Nystrup before reaching the company’s sorting facility and loading ramp for lorries.

For the first 15 years Nystrup Gravel was in 1:35 scale on 16.5 mm gauge. In 2018-2019 the layout changed to 1:19 scale.

I model the company’s railway as it looked in the early fifties. I try to make up a believable setting for my railway models by researching the history of the company and its environments. This blog gives you the possibility to follow my work. Notice that Nystrup Gravel is fiction and that all history regarding the railway and company is my work and not real.