Monday 17 October 2016

Armoured Troop Wagon Tweaks



I have work to do this evening so won't have much time to spend on the armoured train but I have added a few tweaks to the troop transporting wagon that I assembled yesterday.

I wasn't very happy with the sides of the wagon or the thickness of the main doors, so I added an armoured skirt of Renedra 20mm square plastic bases around the lower section, which I think looks much better as a result. I have loads of these plastic bases spare, as I only use mdf and metal bases.

I also found the little metal star sequins that I used as Soviet stars on the old armoured train that I built a few years ago, so I've added these to the doors as welded on insignia. I still need to attach the toy train bogies and add some sort of coupling gear but otherwise this is a done deal. Oh well, back to work!

3 comments:

  1. Still looking good Jim! But I have spotted a flaw in your design ... it's more white than red so you must be building it for me! What a nice guy you are! :)

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  2. Ha Ha! Very funny.

    Have you been at the Vodka again?

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