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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

How I cast a sheep load in plaster for a wagon

Having recently constructed an open topped cattle wagon from an IP Engineering kit and repainted a secondhand Tralee & Dingle open topped cattle wagon in PLR livery, I decided to give them both sheep loads. I bought six sheep from Motley Miniatures for £20 and six 3D printed sheep from DesignPrintScan3D for £21 and duly loaded them into the wagons, using the bristles from a yard broom as bedding straw. To me, they looked acceptable, however ........

..... someone more knowledgeable of these things than me, pointed-out that in reality, when sheep were loaded into wagons they were crammed in tightly to help ensure that none could fall over and get trampled on. So, I was faced with a problem. I worked-out that I would need at least 20 sheep per wagon to fill them - which would cost around £120 in total. Considering the wagons only cost around £50 for the pair, this seemed somewhat extravagant to my penny-pinching mentality. So, how could I fill them more cost effectively?

In the light of information which has been presented to me, I have had to remove the rest of this blog post. I am in the process of rewriting it - please come back later


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7 comments:

  1. tradgardmastare3/19/2020 7:29 am

    Very effective solution to your sheep problem.

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  2. Frédéric3/27/2020 9:36 am

    ...back in the present!

    Rik, I'm stunned by the amount of material that you've posted here since 2006. Took me almost two months to comb through it. I've bookmarked at dozen posts for future reference, especially concerning the construction of structures.

    I really do hope that you keep safe in the coming months. And I'm looking forward to all the intriguing projects, you're surely going to pursue this year.

    Best wishes,

    Frédéric

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  3. GE Rik3/29/2020 9:43 am

    Thanks Frédéric
    I think you deserve a medal for battling your way through my blog. I am really pleased that you managed to find something useful. My hope is that you use my ideas as a starting point for something even better. I would be interested in hearing about your model making

    Rik

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  4. David Taylor4/19/2020 10:49 pm

    Hi there,
    The T&D cattle wagon bought at Llanfair looks very much like it started life as a Tenmille kit. I built one some years ago and confirm it scales at 16mm/ft. Subsequently I reworked a second kit to 15mm/ft. The difference in size between the two wagons side by side is quite noticeable.

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  5. The Violet5/11/2020 4:04 am

    Hello Rik
    I'm very interested In how You went about this. I see that You removed part of the post. Is it possible that You could eMail it to Me ? Really interested in Your process, as there are Industrial bits that I model for loads. They are fairly time consuming to make individually. Being able to cast some would be a Great benefit

    Thank You !!!

    Violet

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  6. GE Rik6/04/2020 9:01 am

    Happy to share by email but I'd rather not post my email address on the blog as it will probably generate a lot of spam. You could message me on YouTube just search for Peckforton Light Railway.

    Rik

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  7. GE Rik6/04/2020 9:22 am

    Hi David
    It doesn't look too bad alongside my 16mm scale W&LLR cattle wagons. Slightly wider and slightly taller, but I can just about get away with it. It would look proportionally better though if it was 15mm scale, I must admit.

    Rik

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