I suggest to try using polystyrene: get a nice piece big enough for two wagons, take your wagon, press it on the polystyrene and with a pencil draw the shape of it on the polystyrene. Then cut it, but cut the inside of the rectangle which is the part that will go inside. Once you've cut it, decide the height of that piece. Now you have a small rectangle which we put the gravel in it: i used the same ballasting technique because it make the gravel (if black) look more similar to coal, shiny and darker than the actual gravel. now we can put it in the wagon and get it out. You can also use magnets inside the polystyrene, but that's something i never tried.
Nice job ! Was that real coal you used or imitation stuff? You can also use folded cardboard for flatter loads. Or matchsticks or trimmed balsa for timber loads.
G'day Gormo, l like your tip about using a skewer to hold the foam, good idea...........cheers Mark
Thanks Mark,
Yes I first started using that method when making hedges from foam rubber.......it makes life a bit easier.
Cheers
Gormo
Ideal, Thank you The price of wagon loads is daft, so this is really handy, cheers
Well done .I like that j72 runing around in the background even though you model mostly GWR
I suggest to try using polystyrene: get a nice piece big enough for two wagons, take your wagon, press it on the polystyrene and with a pencil draw the shape of it on the polystyrene. Then cut it, but cut the inside of the rectangle which is the part that will go inside. Once you've cut it, decide the height of that piece.
Now you have a small rectangle which we put the gravel in it: i used the same ballasting technique because it make the gravel (if black) look more similar to coal, shiny and darker than the actual gravel. now we can put it in the wagon and get it out.
You can also use magnets inside the polystyrene, but that's something i never tried.
Thanks Matthew........that`s an interesting method. I`ll have to try that.
Cheers
Gormo
very convincing, nice one !!
Thanks 1BCamden
Cheers
Gormo
use coffee grinds to imitate lignite or brown coal
Nice job ! Was that real coal you used or imitation stuff?
You can also use folded cardboard for flatter loads. Or matchsticks or trimmed balsa for timber loads.
Good question Ray........I`ve lost the label so I`m not absolutely sure......best guess would be imitation.
Cheers
Gormo