More Underground Skips

During my summer vacation I began assembly of the last three 3D printed kits of Hudson underground skips that I had delivered in December 2022. I finished the first three of the skips in May 2023. Having to recover after a bike crash left me with a chance of getting to work on the skips after a period of demanding work.

Six underground skips in the Nystrup Gravel yard. The newest of them closest to the camera with unpainted wheels and no weathering.

The work remaining was mainly related to the wagons´ couplings. Small triangles of 1 mm plasticard with a hole for the coupling link was glued behind the endframes. Next identical  coupling links were made by winding 1 mm NS wire around a piece of 2 mm plasticard with the width matching the inner measurement of the coupling link. A fast method to fabricate links of the same size.

To add weight to the light 3D printed wagons small pieces of led were glued in place on each side the mount for the couplings.With lead weights also glued behind the skips' supports for the tubs have worked on the first three skips work tolerably well, even on my bad track. 

Plasticard triangles for mouting couplings glue behind the buffers. The added lead pieces on each side of the triangles are also visible.

All the stuff needed to make equally sized coupling links in close-up.

The links ready for further work and fitting on the skips.

With the last glue dried I sprayed both tubs and frames with 'Chaos Black' and a little rust coloured paint left in a spray can. The skips are now ready for weathering and I also need to bend up three hooks for the couplings.

The skips are nice and simple kits demanding only simple tools. As such they are an exellent choise when modelling in the cottage. Here photographed on the stub of a newly felled tree.