In the early fifties Nystrup Gravel constructed a primitive wagon for fuel transport. A standard steel skip was cut down and brackets to hold a 200 l. oil barrel fitted. A hand pump was mounted on a simple stand welded up from steel profiles.
The building and painting of the model was described in an earlier post.
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The Hesketh Scale Model fuel bowser ready for service on my 1:35 scale model of Nystrup Gravel. |
After having painted the little model in Vallejo acrylic paints I gave the frame and hand pump stand a wash with heavily diluted rust coloured oil paint. I concentrated the application of rust to the skip frame and wheel sets to give impression of them being the oldest parts in the construction. The barrel and hand pump had a wash with black oil paint, while the handle was treated with white oil paint. Then the whole wagon was spayed with matt varnish. After drying I gave the complete wagon a very thin wash of black oil paint. I then sprayed a very light layer of thinned sand colour on selected parts of the frame and wheel sets to make the wagon look a little dusty. Fuel spills where touched up with black oil paint and when dried marked with gloss varnish to appear wet.
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The little fuel bowser is a great way to create a little variety on a model railway mainly running trains made up from skips. |
I added coupling chains to the skip from brass chain links. To make coupling easier both end links in the two chains were home made from brass wire wound around a drill of a suitable diameter larger than the standard chain links. In this way it is far easier to couple wagons in 1:35 with prototypical chains. I use a pair of tweezers to manipulate the chains. The chains was chemically blackened with 'Ballistol' before being hung in place.
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The fuel skip photographed outside the loco shed. |
Nicely done Claus.
ReplyDeleteThat's some fine modelling Claus. Every aspect of this is so wonderfully done, the coupling chains add a nice finishing touch.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your feedback, Rod and 'Model Railway Engineer'. It is just a small model, but a nicely different one. It could even be made more different by making the oil barrel more colourful.
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