Prototype Research

-

Knock, knock Australia Post

My order from Caintode Flats Products turned up and I will be honest, this was a blind purchase as I had never seen the products in real life. I was not disappointed at all by the level of quality, it was amazing. Unfortunately, I did not take any photos but would recommend checking out the website. I added to my inventory the following: 

  • Bogies Bar Frame, 5Ft 2Ft 2In
  • Brake Cylinders, Combined Air Tank
  • Bogie Screws, #1 X 3/8 In Self Tappers
  • Handbrake Assembly Complete Brass Etch

Flex Track Purchase

Excited by the purchase I headed down to my local hobby shop and took a bogie to show of my new purchase and explained to the owner I needed some track. He reached behind the cabinet pulled out a thick product catalogue and showed me the limited product range and suggested I think about my layout before purchasing too much product. As I wanted to get my scratch build models onto some simple track, I purchased a couple pieces Flex track (PECO SL-1400) and a packet of Rail Joiners (PECO SL-110).

More Research on Yarraman Tanker

In Let's have a go and Let's try another approach I had learnt scratch building was going to be fun when time is available to focus, but a couple weeks after returning from the Yarraman trip curiosity got the better of me and I wanted to find more information on the tank wagon, so I started to google around with no luck. Then when looking at my photos I noticed a faint number in one of them. The number was "44474" when adding the number to my google search, this article appeared again Westgate - South Western Rail: 3 Dome Tank Wagons/Cars 

Sure enough there was the wagon in Westgate's Blog which I must have missed when I originally found the article. Paying a bit more attention to the details, I tried my luck at a couple of more google searches and found an archived article on another website written by the same gentlemen Modelling the Railways of Queensland Convention 2018 by Arthur Hayes and didn't I lose a couple hours reading away on this document. 

Mr Hayes, thank you for your time and effort compiling this extensive collection of information, the value in this document is priceless and honours the great period of tank wagons in our state of Queensland. 

More googling also provided me links to Westgate's Blog previous post.

Westgate - South Western Rail: OFO Bitumen Tank Wagons

Westgate - South Western Rail: OV 9 Mobil Tank Wagon

Westgate - South Western Rail: OHE Amoco Tank Wagons

I may one day still go the QLD State Archives, but the information I had located at this time was enough to help me on my way.

Until next time.


Little Shunter

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bits and Bobs

-
Image
Order Sent! After having a go at scratch building with styrene I thought I would up my game and buy a kit from Caintode, so I jumped back on the website and placed an order for a 3 Dome Tanker kit and some more Bar Frame, 5Ft 2Ft 2In bogies for my own model builds. You got mail! My first call for assistance Where do i go now was with PGC Scale Models, after a couple months I received an email from the gentleman who advised he had been busy and been able to produce a range of tank wagon kits and wanted to know if he can organise for them to be delivered to my premises.  A few emails back and forth and the gentleman was kind enough to invite me to their property, so we schedule a time that was convenient and what I thought would be a small visit turned into a couple hours of conversation over a cuppa with some insightful advice and walk through into their processes to get items ready for keen customers. It was such an enjoyable visit that I almost forgot to pay and pick up my 3 and ...
Read more

Where do I go now?

-
Let's make a phone call Returning from the Brissy Model Rail show I realised like everything in life this was not going to be simple. One of the new words I come across at the show was "Cottage Industry" at the time I did not understand what this meant but this became clear later in my journey.  A couple weeks after the show, I picked up the phone and called  PGC Scale Models and spoke to nice gentleman who asked me heaps of questions and I provided my backstory. He advised his models were available, but I would need to wait a couple months due to other various commitments and explained to me the QR scene was a small cottage industry compared to the other markets, but things are possible and encouraged me to keep at my goal. He politely asked me to send him an email, and he would be in touch with details of his available models and some other information to possibly help me. Back to the drawing board Still a little confused and unsure where to start, I was determined to g...
Read more