Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
CQFY
Hi all
I have been working on this project for a while a scratched
built CQFY container wagon with a mesh deck it still needs
some finishing touches.
The aluminium mesh to make the came from Gr decals and the brake wheels
shunters steps and air hoses came from Modeletch. It would be great if someone
made some modern wagon codeboards but I guess everything is going RTR these
days and not enough of a market anyway I will have to get some made up and
put some container locks on the wagon because I don't think i can bring myself to
cover up the mesh deck with a container or two.
Till next time
Mathew Hughes
Before i go one last pic of a real CQFY
built CQFY container wagon with a mesh deck it still needs
some finishing touches.
shunters steps and air hoses came from Modeletch. It would be great if someone
made some modern wagon codeboards but I guess everything is going RTR these
days and not enough of a market anyway I will have to get some made up and
put some container locks on the wagon because I don't think i can bring myself to
cover up the mesh deck with a container or two.
Till next time
Mathew Hughes
Before i go one last pic of a real CQFY
Friday, January 18, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Chasing the AK cars
Finally !!!!!!!! The AK cars have eluded me for far to long every time i go to
photograph them something happens either i'm busy,i'm working or there late but today
i finally got them and a bonus it was a all ALCO show 4501 and 4473 did the honours.
AK2383
Till next time
Mathew Hughes
Friday, January 4, 2013
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Hi All
I hope you all received great gifts and ate like a king this Christmas .
I knew i had a few days off coming up between Christmas and new year
so i thought a nice project was in order so i got a five pack of BGB AKFX.
The plan was to do them up as RKFX and make my steel train five wagons longer.
After waiting an eternity for them to be delivered i got stuck in and started to build
one up............only to be horrified upon opening the packages. I have been building
kits for quiet some time and i have never ever seen so many F@#KING air bubbles
in all my years modelling and the castings are so thick the wagon sides are 87 times
thicker than the prototype.
Plan B
I decided to have a go at scratch building a RCAF
Was a nice little build using the NODY plan from the AMRM for the basic dimensions
and underfloor arrangements it has got AR kits 2CM bogies and Auscision cradles needs
a little more work but almost done and will lead into a couple more and some RKLY wagons.
Another project I've been working on is a AR kits 45cl
As with most of my models i was inspired by a pic (In Australian Railway History April
2010 page 139) of a 45cl with a backwards L7 and just had to model it
Till next time
Mathew Hughes
I hope you all received great gifts and ate like a king this Christmas .
I knew i had a few days off coming up between Christmas and new year
so i thought a nice project was in order so i got a five pack of BGB AKFX.
The plan was to do them up as RKFX and make my steel train five wagons longer.
After waiting an eternity for them to be delivered i got stuck in and started to build
one up............only to be horrified upon opening the packages. I have been building
kits for quiet some time and i have never ever seen so many F@#KING air bubbles
in all my years modelling and the castings are so thick the wagon sides are 87 times
thicker than the prototype.
Plan B
I decided to have a go at scratch building a RCAF
and underfloor arrangements it has got AR kits 2CM bogies and Auscision cradles needs
a little more work but almost done and will lead into a couple more and some RKLY wagons.
Another project I've been working on is a AR kits 45cl
2010 page 139) of a 45cl with a backwards L7 and just had to model it
Till next time
Mathew Hughes
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