00-12 Manning Wardle and wagons...

It is exciting to see these mockups and designs evolve on screen - and hopefully it won't be long before they're physically with us too - the 3D printed locomotive parts are due later this month...

Since the last update I have been working up the first wagon in my 'range'. This is an almost scale representation of the end tipping wagons used on Fayle's tramway on Purbeck. The prototype were 3'9" but work well on 12mm gauge here - and I've managed to incorporate Greenwich couplings without having to massively change the proportions or height of the wagon.

It is a 3D printed chassis with etched brass fold up body, etched brass overlay for the end door and 1mm square styrene that the modeller will need to cut to length, to fit for the uprights. The brass body will have half etched detail, planks on the floor and on the outer faces of the sides (though obviously not on the inside, otherwise it would all fall apart). Wheels are 7mm disc from Mosskito and will be provided. I'm thinking we'll sell these in sets of three...

So the next step is to get the 3D parts ordered, and then get the etch artwork for these, and the locomotive drawn up and off to the etchers - and with a prevailing wind we'll still have prototypes at Narrow Gauge South at the end of April. If you can't get to the show, I'll share updates here - until next time, more soon...

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