Next entry in the “old projects that are getting finished” category, some mining cars. These are some Sidelines GN15 cars I’ve had forever. Sidelines makes lots of nifty GN15 cars. https://blackdogmining.weebly.com/wagons-and-rolling-stock.html
Gn15 is a pretty cool scale and gauge combination, people have been doing really inventive, and quality, work in it for some time.
Hmm, wonder how much chunks of coal that size to G people would each weigh in real life?
I got the Heywood book for christmas. Took me a while to read it but it’s full of interesting stuff about “minimum gauge railways”.
Forrest Scott Wood said:
Gn15 is a pretty cool scale and gauge combination, people have been doing really inventive, and quality, work in it for some time.
Hmm, wonder how much chunks of coal that size to G people would each weigh in real life?
Using the scale ruler, the largest chunks arent quite a foot across the largest dimension, pretty typical size for run-of-mine coal.
Forrest Scott Wood said:
Gn15 is a pretty cool scale and gauge combination, people have been doing really inventive, and quality, work in it for some time.
Hmm, wonder how much chunks of coal that size to G people would each weigh in real life?
I guess that would depend on what type of coal it is.
Is it “mine cars” or “mein kampf” (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Cool! I had no idea folks modeled in this scale / gage. I flagged the model’s website, Bob, against future “need.” I’ve no intention in dabbling in this scale (1:24-sh PLAYMOBIL Scale is fine for me!), but I am learning to look for opportunity in other scales, hobbies, and sources.
Eric
Eric Mueller said:
Cool! I had no idea folks modeled in this scale / gage. I flagged the model’s website, Bob, against future “need.” I’ve no intention in dabbling in this scale (1:24-sh PLAYMOBIL Scale is fine for me!), but I am learning to look for opportunity in other scales, hobbies, and sources.
Eric
Yea, this stuff is pretty neat, and a lot of the cars can be used in the varying large scales.
Eric Mueller said:
Cool! I had no idea folks modeled in this scale / gage. I flagged the model’s website, Bob, against future “need.” I’ve no intention in dabbling in this scale (1:24-sh PLAYMOBIL Scale is fine for me!), but I am learning to look for opportunity in other scales, hobbies, and sources.
Eric
Some fun sites to poke around for Gn15 are Gnatterbox and Carl Arendt’s archives. If I weren’t joined at the hip with the V&T, I’d be headed in this direction for sure!
Gorgeous work, Bob!
Cliff
Eric Mueller said:
Cool! I had no idea folks modeled in this scale / gage. I flagged the model’s website, Bob, against future “need.” I’ve no intention in dabbling in this scale (1:24-sh PLAYMOBIL Scale is fine for me!), but I am learning to look for opportunity in other scales, hobbies, and sources.
Eric
Eric,
Please note the simplicity of the cars and try not to overthink (cane cars)! Scale and gauge matter not as it’s still the same frame up and weathering make a world of difference …(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Just saying
Cliff Jennings said:
If I weren’t joined at the hip with the V&T, I’d be headed in this direction for sure!
You know how these things go, model a V&T flat or two hauling some 15in, 18in, equipment for a hypothetical mine tram in some hypothetical location, and the dark side will have you and and it will be all downhill from there …
Another thing to note is that 15 inch gauge was also popular for both estate (i.e. for pleasure) railways and amusement park railways. Regular HO equipment could be modified with things like seats on tender coal bunkers and open-roofed freight and passenger stock modified with two to five seats per car, depending on length. Large scale figures could then be posed running the locomotive and enjoying the train ride. The two foot gauge Crown Metal Products steamer I ran at Hershey Park was also available in a smaller, 15 inch gauge version. You may want to extend the locomotive’s smoke stake to keep smoke and cinders out of the engineer’s eyes. (Older HO locomotives that are good runners, and not necessarily super detailed, would work fine for this kind of “role.”)
Have fun, David Meashey
I am not giving up my Tyco 10 wheelers. (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)
The amusement park train that used to run at Conneaut Lake Park had a steam outline, but was actually powered with a gas engine in the tender. So extending the stack on an amusement park train may not be necessary.