building wagons in HO scale

[adm.nelson]

Here is another wagon I built, again in HO. The prototype was fond in St. Louis, and I was very lucky to have found it, as we went back there a couple of years later, and sadly, it was gone. But I took plenty of pictures. It was very dilapidated, and had parts of another wagon in it's bed, and I wanted to model it just like it was.

[adm.nelson]

more pictures. The final resting place for this was on my Loco and Service shops from Sierra West Scale Models.

[JeffJ]

Nice!

[bparrish]

Pretty cool.  Sir. 

Thanx
Bob

[adm.nelson]

Jeff and Bob, thank you.

Tony

[Sparky]

Very good job, and the detail is amazing. Thanks for showing.

[tct855]

Nelson,
       Yah know, If I wanted to sit and read up and look upon some crappy old wagon tale of yesteryear.  I would ask for...  So my answer is: Please and Thank you!
Wow! very cool indeed.  I'm pickin' up, whatchur puttin' down sir.  Very historic modeling.  I'll say it, very realistic modeling for sure.  Thanx Thom...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2r86G0sdc

[adm.nelson]

Peter, thank you, and you are welcome.

Thank you Thom. Appreciate that. So you would like some more, would you??? Okay then.

The first couple are how I made the side braces. Soldered wire bent to shape. Then rusted up. The rest are close-ups.

Tony

[adm.nelson]

I also made to scale wheel hubs. I researched the design from a few books I have on wagons.

This is one of the many models that Russ Reinberg publisher of the magazine modelers Annual would have published. He also happens to loves wagons. I have 3 or 4 articles published in his magazine. Some of you may have seen them, Swakhammers and A Victorian House are two. We are still great friends, despite him getting out of the publishing business a few years ago. He still does modeling, and we share photos all the time, getting ideas and comments, etc.

Tony

[Bobby]

Hi Tony,


This is impressive! Very nice

[adm.nelson]

Hi Tony,


This is impressive! Very nice

Thanks Bobby. Appreciate that.

Tony

[GPdemayo]

Great work Tony.....thanks for sharing. 

[adm.nelson]

Great work Tony.....thanks for sharing. 

Thank you, Gregory, and your welcome.

Tony

[Mark Dalrymple]

Beautiful wagon, Tony.

One thing the photo shows that really helps portray weight, time and age, is the wheels being so far sunken into the ground.  This could be a very easy thing to revisit on your diorama if you so choose.

Cheers, Mark.

[adm.nelson]

Beautiful wagon, Tony.

One thing the photo shows that really helps portray weight, time and age, is the wheels being so far sunken into the ground.  This could be a very easy thing to revisit on your diorama if you so choose.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark, yes, you have a very valid point, and keen observation. When I placed the wagon on the Sierra West diorama, I 'borrowed' it from another dio when I went to Houston to show the model in the competition room, so I wasn't sure that would be the final resting place.

Tony