Parkside Dundas Fruit Wagon in O Gauge

Hi,
Here is my first attempt at a Parkside Dundas wagon build. Believe it or not, its taken me all day to get this far and there are still one or two little things to be done to it ........ and then it needs painting and transfers.
here I am getting set up ready to go,


I did not use the poly cement that you see in the picture. I opted for another version that suits this kind of plastic better. You'll see it in the other photo's as I've forgotten the name already .
I used the brush that was built into the glue bottle cap and the paint brush that you can see in the photo above. other tools I used were, tweezers, Pauls spru cutters ( invaluable and leaves a very neat cut ) A small hand drill with a 1/32 drill bit, some clothes pegs as clamps when needed and a scalpel.
I started off as per the instructions assembling the first end and the two sides. They were easy enough placed and glued and came together not bad.

Another from a different angle


and end on.


Then the second end went on which gives a pretty solid structure already. A dab of glue between the joints and it whizzes along the full join using capillary action ...... neat or what.
As you can see I then started gluing the louvres in place. The inner / middle louvres need a tiny bit filed out to accept the door hinges.


Both sides done now.


Now the side sole bars with the built in W irons. Some of us weren't so lucky Ehhhh Paul. his W irons etc came as a seperate assembly........ shame


Never fear though for as quick as i had displayed that smug feeling .......... disaster struck ..... I glued mine in the wrong place. Luckily the glue was still pliable and the part removed and reset in the correct place. Wont do that again ....... until the next time.
Job done. In place now and ready to progress.


So it was constructing the axle boxes and fitting the wheels etc. Also started to fit the brakes ....... pain in the doo da's. This stage easily took up most of the time having to drill very fine holes and even managing to snap a couple of the finer bits which luckily enough were recoverable ( no photo's of that bit guys, spare my blushes a bit ).


Brakes ..... check, axel boxes check ...... lever doofery things ......... where are my doofers.


Ahhhhhhh ........ doofers in place ...... check.


Buffers ..... check, couplings ......... check ...... need ose's ........ where's the ose's




Not a great photo but ose's are on.
and ..... a loose fitting roof check,
How does she look with some others,


along side Pauls Fish van and his Terrier.
and another, Grrrrrr ruff ruff.


Still some brass handles to be made up and installed for the doors, The roof to be permanently glued down once the wagon has been assessed for weight and of course the all important paint and transfer job.
Well, my first attempt but I think its acceptable. I should have done more record shots of the brakes and some of the fiddlier bits of the build as they were by far the most difficult bit. I think that a how to that shows these elements would be of great use to the beginner as it would clearly demonstrate what I think is the hardest part that you would have to deal with. I'll make a point of showing it on the next build.
By the way ....... If I can do it ........ anyone can ...... give it a go.
Thanks for tuning in and I hope its been of some use.
cheers
Toto

 

Managed to find two showing ose's



and another.


Not the best of shots but it gives a flavour.
cheers
toto

 

Thanks Sparky,
I'll take note of what you say. I have a few more to do so would probably benefit from perfecting my set up.
thank you kind Sir for the post and the comments.
We'll need to get you comfortable with inserting photo's etc. I'll see if I can come up with a suitable script to explain how to do it as its not that difficult. Its just my explanations that aren't much cope.
I'll see what I can come up with.
cheers
toto

 

Hi steve,
never heard of that before. thanks for the tip. I'll keep that in mind. You learn something new every day.
I still have step irons and door handles to sort out before yielding an air brush at it.
maybe tomorrow.
cheers
toto

 

Hi Chris,

The vents are quite straight forward. The braking mechanisms were the real challenge but got there in the end.

I'll need to sort the step irons as they broke when trying to fit them. They need solder to give them more strength. Once they are done and some brass handles made, drilled and fitted, then it's out with the air brush.

Cheers for now,

Toto

 

Hi chaps,

Thanks for all the comments. It was an enjoyable kit to do. Looking forward to the next one.

Toto

 

Hi Gary,

I'm on son in law duties shortly. ........ Fixing a clothing hanger to a wall for mumsie in law. I'll be looking at the door handles and step irons on my return later this afternoon.

I'll need to have a swatch to see if I have any paint that resembles bauxite or brown. Matt black for the under frame etc.

The step irons broke yesterday as I think I had bent once too often. little brass jobs. I read a good soldering tip on here as well just a day or two before as well. never mind, they are recoverable.

Cheers

Toto

 

Here we are ....... rough as a rag mans trumpet. steps and hawnels.


apologies for the blurry images.


thats all for now.
toto

 

Sent away for some acrylic paints from Lifecolour last night. Hoping that they will be here for the weekend.

Time to look out the Airbrush and master the art of thinning to a milky consistency. ........ What a guide. Is that full fat , semi skimmed or zero fat.

There is Bauxite, Matt black and two grey variants on their way. Apparently, I'll be attacking them with washes and powders after that. This could be fun.

Please feel free to look at the unpainted models again for what might be the last time that you see the resemble what they are meant to.

Wish me luck.

Toto