{"id":540,"date":"2013-05-06T12:15:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T11:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=540"},"modified":"2013-05-06T12:17:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T11:17:51","slug":"540","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Details from scrap etch…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following on from a request on another forum for details of how to make the vac pipes I thought I would share these.<\/p>\n

While up at the cottage last, I put together a Slaters 8 ton Midland van. It was a kit that I picked up 2nd hand and when I got to them I realised that the castings for door handles\/hasp and staples were missing. I had the vague idea that I had some plastic ones left over from another kit but a search amongst the spares boxes didn’t turn them up.<\/p>\n

I thought about ordering some from Slaters while kicking myself because I had just had a delivery from them of some of the fine chain that MMP use in their kits (an email to David P kindly revealed the source). Having just finished making up the pipes posted earlier today I decided to have a go at making some myself. A look in Midland Wagons Vol 1 gave me a decent photo of what they looked like and this is how far I have got.<\/p>\n

First I got a length of 0.8mm wire and flattened one end in a pair of pliers. I then drilled a 0.3mm hole in the flattened section and doing the same through the dimple in the van door used this as the datum to determine the length. I drilled a second hole and soldered in 2 pieces of 0.3mm brass wire one of these I left long to go through the door to locate it and the other I filed flush. I then filed the 2 front pieces to represent the bolt heads on the face of the handle.<\/p>\n

Having determined the length I cut it and flattened the other end again drilling 2 holes but a bit closer together. I bent a piece of 0.3mm wire into a U shape and fed it through the holes to make the staple for the pin or padlock. Again after soldering I left one end long and filed the other flush.<\/p>\n

I did a similar exercise to create the vertical handles<\/p>\n

Giving these – the handle has only been drilled on one end in this shot.<\/p>\n

\"Midland<\/a><\/p>\n

Fitting it to the van side looks like this. The brake lever and guard are from Bill Bedford via Eileens Emporium.<\/p>\n

\"Midland<\/a><\/p>\n

And both fitted on the other side.<\/p>\n

\"Midland<\/a><\/p>\n

Next up now I have my Mojo back is to make the hasp part. The plan is to make one closed and one open. Details to follow once I have worked out how to do it – more scrap etch to the rescue me thinks.<\/p>\n

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