Building 00 Gauge Wagons and Vans for Model Railways by David Tisdale

Author:David Tisdale
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crowood

Fig. 144 The original sole bars from the Parkside kit with brass bearings fixed in axle boxes.

Fig. 145 To get the correct alignment of axle boxes for the new van, the sole bar was cut into five pieces.

Once the springs were stuck to the sole bar and had hardened off, I cut each sole bar into a number of pieces, as shown Fig. 145. This comprised the sections where each axle box/spring assembly was located; a central section from each side that had the fixing points for the steps, ‘V’ hangars and underframe detail; and finally two short end-pieces, from the original end of the sole bar to the point where the outer end of the axle springs met the sole bar. The two short end-pieces and the central section are not required for this modification, with the exception that the detail from the central section of the original sole bar was carefully removed with a sharp knife for re-use on the modified kit. The two pieces over the axle boxes and springs were measured and cut to be approximately half the length of the new floor (approximately 28.5mm).

The photographs of the prototype that I have do not clearly show the detail of the underframe. Therefore, I assumed that the ‘V’ hangars and vacuum cylinder were used on these vehicles as per the layout on the original Python kit. In terms of the brake connecting rods, the photographs of the prototypes showed that the brake connecting rods were external to the underframe. The rods passed across the front of the axle boxes, with short connecting rods to each brake shoe. These could be replicated with fine wire on the model, but I was concerned that this might be impractical and prone to damage during handling for use on my layout and, therefore, I opted to omit these fine details from the model.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE ROOF SECTION

As with the floor, I would recommend that the modifications to the roof are carried out once the body of the vehicle have been completed. I wanted to retain the end profile on the roof as supplied with the original kit, as this sits over the end walls and there was a lip on the underside of the roof that butts up against the inside face at the top of the end wall.

The internal dimension between the inside faces of the end walls should be the same as the modified floor section, but to check, this was measured and found to be approximately 57mm. I then measured half the length of the distance between the end walls (approximately 28.5mm) from the lip on the underside of the roof at each end. This gave two cut lines and the roof was cut with a razor saw.

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