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Andy May
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
Westrail/ARG WQN/AQNY
Westrail introduced the 61 strong class WQN standard gauge flat wagons in 1998 and they were manufactured by United Goninan at Bassendean.
Each wagon carries 2 - 6.1m containers for use on the Sulphur train between Kwinana and Malcolm siding.
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| Loaded AQNY 32208Y at Kwinana. |
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| Empty AQNY 32209A at Kwinana. |
The model is depicted post 2012 after reclassification to class AQNY under ARG ownership.
It is
primally constructed of sheet styrene; 0.5mm for the side webs which
then narrow down to form the centre sill over the bogies. The top & bottom flanges are
0.4mm &
0.25mm thick styrene respectively. Sections of sheet brass were added in the end platforms for strength and after the styrene angle braces were added the body felt much stronger.
American models roller
bearing bogies, NWSL wheels and Kadee HO No. 118 couplers
were used. The air brake reservoir was 3D Printed by i.Materialise and the brake piping was added with 0.04 & 0.05
phosphor bronze wire from Tichy. The brake wheel & gearbox were from Detail Associates (now discontinued)
and attached to a
stand made from styrene angle.
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| A construction photo |
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| primer coat - in the spray booth |
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| Prior to weathering |
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| second attempt at weathering the deck - this time with rust coloured pigments |
The model was
airbrushed using Vallejo Desert Sand acrylic primer as a base and Polly Scale
Railbox yellow, followed by a light coat of Polly Scale CN Yellow No. 12 on the
sides, all thinned with their respective thinners. The CN Yellow is quite a
good match for the Golden Yellow used by WAGR and later Westrail. As
the Polly Scale
line of paints have now been discontinued the CN Yellow was
rationed and the final
weathering will cover most of the Railbox Yellow colour.
I created by
own artwork for the decals and had them printed through Westland Models, using Microscale
Decal Set to settle them down to the paint.
Details were
pickd out with Lifecolor paint, using black, white orange & rust dark
shadow.
Finally a coat of Model Master clear flat was applied to seal & protect the decals and hide the decal
film, weathering was done with a selection of Lifecolor acrylic brown paint and pigment powders.
Next project are the containers...
GS