{"id":4914,"date":"2021-10-08T21:04:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T20:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4914"},"modified":"2021-10-08T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T20:04:53","slug":"gnr-one-horse-parcels-van-made-assemblies-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4914","title":{"rendered":"GNR One Horse Parcels Van &#8211; made assemblies complete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next I made up the underframe and shafts from Plastruct. The\nshafts I put in a collet in the lathe and then used a file to taper the end.\nThen once I had them both tapered the same I held them together and kept holding\nthem in boiling water while applying pressure to get them to curve at the ends.\nOnce happy I stuck them into holes in the ends of the under frame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0005-1024x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4905\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0005-1024x332.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0005-300x97.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0005-768x249.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0005-500x162.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GNR One horse Parcel van &#8211; Underframe and Traces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What will become housings for the harness rings were made by\nwrapping a 5mm wide strip of 10 thou around an off cut of the same plastruct\nrod that I made the shafts from and gluing the ends together leaving the piece\nremovable. I held it in a small hand vice until dry. Once dry it was removed\nfrom the rod, trimmed to size and tested out on the shafts. At this point it\nstill need to be drilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then I moved back to the body and added beading from 0.8mm half\nround Plastruct strip following the photo rather than the drawing fr the\nplacement of the strips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0004-1-912x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4904\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0004-1-912x1024.jpg 912w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0004-1-267x300.jpg 267w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0004-1-768x862.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0004-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><figcaption>GNR One horse Parcel van &#8211; Body almost complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0003-1-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4903\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0003-1-1024x746.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0003-1-300x219.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0003-1-768x560.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0003-1-412x300.jpg 412w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0003-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GNR One horse Parcel van &#8211; Body almost complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0001-1-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4901\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0001-1-1024x753.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0001-1-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0001-1-768x565.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0001-1-408x300.jpg 408w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0001-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GNR One horse Parcel van &#8211; Body almost complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0002-1-933x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4902\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0002-1-933x1024.jpg 933w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0002-1-273x300.jpg 273w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0002-1-768x843.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0002-1.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><figcaption>GNR One horse Parcel van &#8211; Body almost complete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last but not least the seat, the wheels and the springs were\nthe items that I mentioned that were salvaged from the Brumm model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0007-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4907\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0007-1024x674.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0007-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0007-768x505.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0007-456x300.jpg 456w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_0007.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>GNR One horse Parcel van &#8211; 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The shafts I put in a collet in the lathe and then used a file to taper the end. 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