G'day folks, as the subject lines declares, I'm looking for the maker of N Gauge demountable tank containers. I came across them a few years ago and have since lost the BookMark.
To understand what I mean by 'demountable tank containers' see:
http://mike.da2c.org/igg/rail/11-kitba/demt.htm (http://mike.da2c.org/igg/rail/11-kitba/demt.htm)
The reason that I want to find them is that I want to if they are adaptable to the following tank containers that travelled the rails of the state of Victoria in Australia in the 1960's and 70's
http://pjv101.net/fts/u01/aa376.jpg (http://pjv101.net/fts/u01/aa376.jpg)
http://pjv101.net/fts/u01/at762.jpg (http://pjv101.net/fts/u01/at762.jpg)
Thanks in advance, Andrew G.
I founded them!! at:
http://www.shapeways.com/product/V9RPNYWTT/semibulk-5-octel (http://www.shapeways.com/product/V9RPNYWTT/semibulk-5-octel)
They are described as:
Five copies of a 2mm Scale model of a Bromine tank owned by Associated Octel that was mounted on a Conflat wagon and worked to and from Hayle in Cornwall and Amwlch in Wales during the 1970s.
I found them by using a Google SITE search:
conflat site:shapeways.com
as I remembered them being on Shapeways and it was highly likely that they would be carried on a conflat.
Still got to sort out sizes, adaptability etc.
Cheers, Andrew G.
That's the power of the forum Andrew; you have a difficult question and you get an answer within a day :confused1:
Anyway, here's one I prepared earlier; a track plan for Amlwch (not that you wanted one!)
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/54/thumb_7918.jpg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=7918)
Cheers Jon :)
By the way, is Bromine/Bromide what I should slip into the drinks of any prospective boyfriends for my teenage daughter??
But gosh darn, one of our Auzzie science experts has just put paid to that idea:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/06/29/2611115.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/06/29/2611115.htm)
Cheers, Andrew G.
I dont know what era you are modelling, have a look at www.c-rail-intermodal (http://www.c-rail-intermodal) they may have a kit that is suitable.
Geoff
For those interested, here is where the tanks came from..
Probably not the averages visitors imagination of what Cornwall is like ;)
http://www.communitycatalogues.co.uk/view_a__24_or__1247.aspx (http://www.communitycatalogues.co.uk/view_a__24_or__1247.aspx)