Showing posts with label Wickham Trolley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wickham Trolley. Show all posts
Friday, June 09, 2017

Wickham trolley - done

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ON and off, I've been carrying on with the Wickham Trolley last mentioned here an embarrassingly long time ago.  Most of the eff...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Wooden seats

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  If it's O gauge, wooden bits can be made of close-grained wood. In this case I've used (I think) basswood, or as we call it, ...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Brass roof soldered to whitemetal sides

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  Finally, some free time to carry on with the Wickham trolley.   The obvious next job was to fit the roof. This involves soldering...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Narrow gauge Wickhams on the Isle of Man

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If I can't fit a standard gauge chassis under the Wickham, then I need a narrow gauge prototype. On this blog, when we say narrow...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Fake SPUD reveals problems...

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  One day, I dream of having a workshop where my pillar drill can live set up and ready to go at all times. That would mean jobs like t...
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Friday, March 17, 2017

Replacement Wickham seats

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   This isn't the greatest kit for a Wickham trolley as a few compromises have been made along the way. The most obvious being the se...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Soldered Wickham body

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  Since the mystery Wickham kit is made of great big lumps of whitemetal, work starts with some low-melt soldering. Even for a beginner, ...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Mystery Wickham kit

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Earl King is one of the people responsible for me being involved in railway modelling. His enthusiasm pointed young Phil at the hobby so...
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