Parkside Dundas LNER Cattle Truck

Now posted in correct place for ease of finding


Will post up thread when construction begins
cheers
Toto

 

Well,
here is what is on the bench today. Finally got my finger out so I'll be back on shortly with some pictures of the kit as it comes out of the box and a progress trail on the build.
Ohhhh joy.
cheers
toto

 

Ohhhh .... yeah ....... the brake arrangement ..... ahem ..... can't say I noticed.
cheers
toto

 

Well,
here is where I am at so far with the Parkside Dundas cattle truck in O Gauge,


as always, we start with the box of bits.
Installed the steel ( plastic ) bars along the open top panels.



Then added the separate planks which are notched to take the inside paertition walls.


Then installed the vertical iron work to the ends.


Then its on to fixing the sides and the ends onto the floor panel.


and then the two internal partitions,


and then fixed the ribbing to the underside of he roof.


Then fixed the W irons onto the sole bars and fixed them in place.


The axle box installations are fitted to the W irons and once glued in the right locations ( allowing the axle boxes to move up and down in the W irons ) the wheels are fitted and tested to see if they run freely, which they do.


Up on its feet,


test fit the roof. The roof doesn't go on until the insides have been given a blast of paint. It is a better fit than is visible above, I just plopped it on there.
Still got the brake arrangement to glue in place. it is one of the easier arrangements although some of the parts need drilled in order to fit a plastic bar through them to bring it all together.
Buffers and couplings and then its ready for the paint shop.
I should complete it tonight and possibly get started on wagon number two.
any comments etc as usual ......
cheers
toto

 

Nearly done,
one side of the brake mechanism to tweak.


and another,


and the last one for now.



new project starting tomorrow.

any comments / questions welcome.
cheers
toto

 

It'll be on its way soon. I'm batch building to give me a few to do at one go .......... at least thats my excuse .....
cheers
toto

 

Hi,
Partitions are already in Gary ..... should have left them out as you say. ....... lesson one learned........ lesson two ...... install the buffers before building the wagon. Would have been much easier and no reason why it can't be done that way.

Hi Ian, I did say to Paul that I may get another one although I have a white metal cattle truck to build yet so may leave it at that. Mat cut a hole in the roof so it can take me giraffe. ( Gordon )
toto

 

Hi Adrian,

Thanks very much for the info. I'm a little bereft of that depth of knowledge unfortunately but it's all good to know. To be honest, your lucky you are not viewing it with a set of Ross Styles with a set of low profile Michelins on it.

All part of the learning process and a great example of the information sharing benefits of the forum.

Thanks for the post.

 

Hi Rob,

Thanks for that. It was my very first wagon build and there are a few blunders on it. Due to my ham fistedness, it was lucky to have brakes at all. I really struggle with some of the finer parts. Hence the reason I still have about a dozen Parkside Dundas kits to start.

I will get into them though.

Keep an eye open for me starting one off and feel free to show me the way.

Cheers

Toto

Ps I'll get the instructions for the crane over soon.

Toto

 

the brakes go on the same side as the cam ...... The brakes go ......