4mm Wessex Wagons 5 plank T.J.Sharp.

 There are few Cornish railway wagons that been produced. This is No. 269 in the series of Wessex Wagons issues of which 130 were produced.

I was therefore pleased to aquire this one from a well known auction site recently.

As I usually do is cut down the lugs on the coal load to lower it. I may coat the moulding with real coal when I get some time.

Until then this one will join the private owner collection.

Slaters 0 gauge Palvan.

 Some time has elapsed since I started the Palvan. I discovered that I had assembled the springs incorrectly so out with the knife and cut them off. 

Unfortunately this meant that they were destroyed so a set of, incorrect, springs were fitted.

Luckily the van is still even without any rock so I seem to have got away with the engineering refinements (butchery)!

Next to tackle is the etched brake gear so I may be some time!

Railtec 4mm embossed numberplates.

 The plates and crests have been applied to the Collet Goods and they are exceptional.

Fully legible and embossed even down to the fixing bolts these are the best I have ever had the pleasure to apply to one of my models.

Once the atmosphere is a little drier I will give them a waft of Testors Dulcote as recommended- glad I bought a batch!

Below are the cab and tender transfers plus the Railcar arriving at St Mewan.

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00 gauge cast iron urinal.

 I aquired this as a badly built white metal kit, the origin I don't know. So dismantled, cleaned up and paint removed then a coat of Army Painter white undercoat. This gives a very subtle texture ready for a couple of coats of acrylic green- more to follow.

00 Gauge Wills Forge conversion.

 The Wills Forge has been a favourite of mine, so when I found one then I looked at ways to convert it to an 009 Station building.

Assembled with the front reversed from the instructions first, a wooden partition was added together with a window fabricated from microstrip.

A door opening was added and the forge itself was turned into a rustic fireplace.

Undercoated in grey the stonework was then dry brushed with brown and black.The woodwork is brown.

Railtec embossed transfers for 4mm Collet Goods.

What's this? A Collet Goods in Cornwall? Well, yes. 2258 was allocated to Wells and Laira at times during her operational career.

So this one, a solid chassis example, has been obtained to provide a little alternative to the current motive power.

But the number as supplied was wrong so a quick scan of the Railtec listings provided a complete set of numbers and branding as shown below.

Complete with embossed nameplates and shed codes the quality, as usual is superb.

 

Ho Trams and motor bogies.

I was asked which KATO bogie was under each of my trams.

Each tram has the motorising chassis underneath.

Some were easier than others and a couple have a bogie chassis whereas the original was four wheeled. This is to enable the tram to negotiate the extremely sharp curves on Cody Street which measures 3ft x 11 inches.