While stuck on the hopper build of the Q wagon dad gave me The Stoker magazine, issue July 1966 which has the following plan of the 3 Wheeler Coal Box wagon, since these are a local wagon its about time portland had some rolling around again, albeit reduced in scale.
The main chassis is reinforced with 3x25mm steel, giving the wagon a nice solid heavy feel to it.
The hoppers look quite simple yet interesting, I'm thinking building e'm out of some nice wood n plastic.
Next on the agenda are the Q Hopper sides, so far I printed these but now am thinking of using these as stencils and fabricating some up out of something cheap. The wagons have headstocks and 3d printed hooks now attached.
1:8 P & Q's in varying stages of their build's a few days later, Hoppers remain elusive but progress is steady.
A neat project would be a working coal loading crane, in this scale could even use a car battery for weight.
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