The St Andrews Island Line.
1/12th/ SE scale. Set on a fictitious island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall.
Wagons.
The line has a mixture of scratchbuilt and modified commercial products as its wagons.
The HLW line of small 4 wheel wagons proved very useful as I found I can often get two wagons from one! I use a mixture of IPEngineering axle boxes and IPE and Bachmann wheels, for my scratchbuilt wagons.
The HLW line of small 4 wheel wagons proved very useful as I found I can often get two wagons from one! I use a mixture of IPEngineering axle boxes and IPE and Bachmann wheels, for my scratchbuilt wagons.
V Tipper.
An essential part of the stock, one is built and two more await construction.
The V tipper comes from HLW, whilst the frame is scratchbuilt from stripwood and plasticard, running on IPE wheels and axleboxes.
First off the unweathered tipper.
The dents were made by softening the plastic very carefully over a candle flame then pushed to shape with a suitable tool, in this case I used a AA battery and some pens but a spoon or the like would probably work as well.
The wood was weathered by using a solution made by leaving wire wool in vinegar in a jar for a week, then painting the resulting liquid over the wood. This has different effects on different woods so try it first!!
The "metal parts" of the wagon were then painted black and whilst this was wet "Real Rust" powder was sprinkled over it, with execss shaken off. This was left to dry. Then White Wine Vinegar was sprayed over it and left to work its magic...
Result!!
I added a little more "Real Rust" where needed to give more texture etc and went over it again with the vinegar.
The V tipper comes from HLW, whilst the frame is scratchbuilt from stripwood and plasticard, running on IPE wheels and axleboxes.
First off the unweathered tipper.
The dents were made by softening the plastic very carefully over a candle flame then pushed to shape with a suitable tool, in this case I used a AA battery and some pens but a spoon or the like would probably work as well.
The wood was weathered by using a solution made by leaving wire wool in vinegar in a jar for a week, then painting the resulting liquid over the wood. This has different effects on different woods so try it first!!
The "metal parts" of the wagon were then painted black and whilst this was wet "Real Rust" powder was sprinkled over it, with execss shaken off. This was left to dry. Then White Wine Vinegar was sprayed over it and left to work its magic...
Result!!
I added a little more "Real Rust" where needed to give more texture etc and went over it again with the vinegar.
"Tops" Wagon.
I like the idea of open wagons convering into flats etc used by Sir
Arthur Heywood on his 15 inch gauge lines so I adapted his tops wagon
design....
Then a simple Plasticard top is made and fitted,
The finished wagon is then painted and weathered to taste...here using "Real Rust".
There are now two of this type of wagon on the SAIL!
The basis is the flat body and wheels of a HLW, V tipper (for the rest of that see above!).
The sides are widened with stripwood and the top planked, then Ozark minatures bolt head details are added.
The sides are widened with stripwood and the top planked, then Ozark minatures bolt head details are added.
Then a simple Plasticard top is made and fitted,
The finished wagon is then painted and weathered to taste...here using "Real Rust".
There are now two of this type of wagon on the SAIL!
Flat wagons etc
There are two Flats at the moment...one based on the HLW chassis again and one scratchbuilt.
And finished.
HLW flat wagon, just the basic wagon chassis, with a planked top...think now I shoul have widened it, never mind!
The load is a couple of items from the sale bin at the Dolls House Emporium, a chair for the hotel and a statue off to be restored..I built the statue crate from bits of lollypop stick!
Real Rust again provided the weathering on the axleboxes etc.
The scratchbuilt one is made of stripwood and runs on IPEngineering running gear.
Here it is under construction.
Here it is under construction.
And finished.
HLW flat wagon, just the basic wagon chassis, with a planked top...think now I shoul have widened it, never mind!
The load is a couple of items from the sale bin at the Dolls House Emporium, a chair for the hotel and a statue off to be restored..I built the statue crate from bits of lollypop stick!
Real Rust again provided the weathering on the axleboxes etc.
Oil Tanker.
There is a detailed HLW 4 wheel Tank wagon more on that one when I get a photo! 
Finally a photo'!
Finally a photo'!
Health and Safety saw this wagon and there was a sharp intake of breath, so into the works and it emerged with the obligatory warning signs!
Degrees of Decrepitude
You can never have enough Skips! Heres the latest additions...first up the "rubbish" skip...scratchbuilt using parts from HLW and IP Engineering.
Next up some stock LGB items which scale out OK in SE scale and have been painted and had the "Real Rust" treatment.
Finally all three at the Farm Siding....
