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Itches sometimes need to be scratched, so I've built a BR 1/208 van. Parkside kit, lots of bits from Bill Bedford, Wizard, MJT, and LMS.
I need to add the tie bar between the w-irons, otherwise it's ready for paint.







I've got a few others in progress, a shock open, a Southern open, and a tube wagon. I'll post those as I come to them.

Very neat and tidy work there. Well done.

Dave

Excellent stuff, that brake gear is crispness to die for! I know what you mean about itches, I'm currently struggling against one which is going to make me build some Presflos (which would be fine if my own modelling period didn't stop in 1919 ...)!

Very nice, which of the suppliers that you list is responsible for that brake gear, I assume Bill Bedford? It is looks great.

Mark Forrest wrote:Very nice, which of the suppliers that you list is responsible for that brake gear, I assume Bill Bedford? It is looks great.

Yes the w-irons, brakes, and coupling hooks are Bill Bedford.
The springs are MJT, the axleboxes are 51L. The brake cylinder, hoses, and buffers are LMS.

9:30 on Sunday night after three glasses of wine and when in a bad mood usually is a bad time to start a new project. Nevertheless I have started another BR van, this one is a Panval that Neville (Highpeak) picked up for me at Scaleforum. I started with the chassis, Rumney Models B.01 with clasp brakes. I haven't done much with clap brakes before so this will be an interesting experience. So far I have got the two main chassis pieces together and formed one of the solebars. More importantly, the kit is so well designed that I'm in a much better mood.

Very nice....
Just avoid making not far 50 of them
BR standard vans are not very standard, just have a look on my workbench threads

Mr Newitts chassis are addictive mind.
I have some in various stages of incompleteness and really must get them moving - wibble!
Not easy with your head in a sling......

Exquisite workmanship!

I am very envious of your skills.

Gordon A

I haven't managed to get a great deal done this week. Nonetheless, progress on the Palvan chassis has continued. It's all gone together quite well aside from not having one of the needed sizes of wire (0.6mm) or the appropriate axlebox/spring combination. I hadn't expected J-hangers somehow. Mostly just the "greater brake levers" left to do.
Here is another badly lit photograph for your enjoyment.

I have built the body of the van. It is tight around the stanchions on the ends and they need a bit of thinning.
I've posed it with my other two BR wagons, the 1/208 already in this thread and a shock wagon.

Excellent stuff Gareth.
I assume the Shock Open is a Newitt underframe as well?

iak wrote:Excellent stuff Gareth.
I assume the Shock Open is a Newitt underframe as well?

Yes it is. They are wonderful underframes. If this were my primary era and I had a large layout I might feel differently, but as things are I really like them.

Well, I bought a Hymek. I'm a bit surprised by this, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. It's blue and pre-TOPS, so that fits the few BR wagons I've accumulated. It came pre-weathered from eBay and the person who did the weathering did a very good job. I bought a PenBits sprung bogie kit for it and over the past week I've been putting it together. It went together very well and now that it's almost done it was definitely worth it. It runs much more smoothly than the Class 25 I have. I still need to add the brake shoes, and weather the wheels and buffer beam details, but it's almost done. I think the Class 25 will get sprung bogies too at some point.