LSWR 12-Ton Open Wagon - Part 1

Another waggon to build. This time it's the standard 12-ton open with tarpaulin bar and side doors.

I bought the Peco NR-10S, SR Ferry waggon with the intention of chopping it up to make the more common, and shorter 12-ton version, as suggested here. But I could not bring myself to cutting up an otherwise perfect and highly detailed waggon.

So, it was out with the FIMO clay again to make the sides using the Peco waggon as a pattern for the moulds.

In the photo, from the top, the waggon is Peco NR-10S. The two pieces of FIMO are the side and end moulds created by pressing the waggon sides into the soft clay, which is then hardened in the cooker at 110 Celsius. The next two are the end panels formed by pressing the soft clay into the end panel mould and then trimming the parts to size with a scalpel before hardening in the cooker. The  lower six pieces are the side mouldings. The Peco waggon has five panels on the long side but we only need the centre (doors) panel and the two end panels for the 12-ton version.

The white residue evident on the mouldings is talcum powder used as a release agent to stop the clay sticking to the moulds.

To Part 2.

David