Saturday, 5 February 2022

1:24 Scale NZR P Coal/Rubbish Wagon

I spent some time redrawing the P wagon in 1:24 scale, breaking down the chassis into 6 sections to print everything in the right orientation while not needing any support material. A big factor being time, I printed it in 0.2 resolution instead of 0.15 set to normal speed. The detail inside the hoppers weren't rendered by the printer properly but looks fine from a distance, especially loaded with rubbish material etc. 
I drew up the braking rig so that from a distance it looks about right without functionality or being too carried away with accurate detail no one sees.
My idea is to print maybe 6 or so here in Portland where they were numerous up until just before I was born. I'm a bit unsure on the colour scheme except the wood panels were painted white or a light grey and the framing & chassis black or a dark colour, need to explore this further.





Found this picture of the P wagon stored at Motat in Auckland, need to go visit, looks like it's seen better days.



Printing wagon parts. Very different size, feel & build styles since I last built this wagon frame, an effect some modelers' call "rubber banding".

2 comments:

  1. I like the CCC class wagon in the background, aka Coffee Cup Carrier :D

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  2. The coffee is rolling rolling rolling, rail freight.....

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