{"id":4440,"date":"2021-03-08T11:32:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T10:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:32:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T10:32:57","slug":"wagon-and-carriage-works-mobile-hand-crane-and-runner-wagons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4440","title":{"rendered":"Wagon and Carriage Works Mobile Hand Crane and Runner Wagons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In my quest to clear the\nworkbench of it&#8217;s long time inhabitants I took stock of what was needed to\nfinish the crane and runner\/match wagons. It turned out that to do the bare\nbones of the build they only actually needed buffers and couplings. Then I\nrecalled why the build had stalled. The buffers and couplings that came with\nthe kit were a bit of a &#8216;hotch potch&#8217; of different makes\/types. I bought it\nsecond hand so I am not sure which of them might have been included originally.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a couple of different\ntype of white metal buffer stocks and a nice set of Slaters cast brass RCH\npattern buffers but there were only three buffer heads. There were buffer\nheads\/springs and retaining nuts. The trouble was that the springs were\na bit bigger than the normal springs that Slaters and other supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a look in my spares box\nand managed to find three complete sets of Buffer stocks, one set NER, One set\nGNR and one set LNER. Which I thought would be typical of a railway company\nusing whatever wagon was available to use as runner wagons for the crane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, there was a mixture of\ncouplings so I sorted out three assorted sets and added them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was at this point that I asked\nfor assistance on the LNER forum as to what colour mobile hand cranes would\nhave been painted by the LNER. I didn\u2019t get a definitive answer but the\nsuggestion was that they might have been lined black the same as the steam\ncranes were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armed with this, I masked them\nup and painted them black. At this point I thought that the runner wagons were\na bit plain so I made up some toolboxes from coffee stirrers and added them to\nwhat was to become the leading runner wagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-1-1024x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-1-1024x414.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-1-300x121.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-1-768x310.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-1-500x202.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Engineers Train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-2--1024x406.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-2--1024x406.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-2--300x119.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-2--768x304.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-2--500x198.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-2-.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Engineers Train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I couldn\u2019t resist posing them with a shabby NBR van and one of the NER brakes to simulate a breakdown train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"%5bimg%5dhttps:\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51010205692_a02e25d3bb_b.jpg%5b\/img%5d\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"423\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-3-1024x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4439\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-3-1024x423.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-3-300x124.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-3-768x317.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-3-500x207.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Breakdown-Crane-and-match-trucks-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Enginneers Train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Still some way to go before I\nand happy with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my quest to clear the workbench of it&#8217;s long time inhabitants I took stock of what was needed to finish the crane and runner\/match wagons. 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