Lowmacs & similar

[earlofsodbury]

Has anyone ever made any R2R Lowmacs or similar drop-centre wagons I can use in mid/late 1960s PW / Electrification trains?

As usual OO is rife with them, but The Superior Gauge is inexplicably barren!

[Steven B]

Have you seen the N Gauge Society's kits? There are a couple that might be suitable.

Ngsjoin.com

[earlofsodbury]

Have you seen the N Gauge Society's kits?

Thanks. I don't really have the skills - or equipment - to do them justice, so had a faint hope there might be something R2R out there.

[Steven B]

There's no British outline RTR lowmac or well wagon as far ad I know. You'll find some continental ones from the likes of Minitrix or Arnold.

You don't need many tools for a NGS kit, just a craft knife, a suitable glue and some patience. They're not that complicated - you might surprise yourself.

[Bealman]

I did one and documented it here on the forum.

[Newportnobby]

I did one and documented it here on the forum.

@Bealman Link please?

[cmason]

Back in lockdown times I attempted to represent both a MAC-L and and a MAC-NV using the NGS Loriot kit.

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?msg=685368

Not too difficult at all as beginner level kit bashing.

There are also a couple of 2mm association lowmac kits ( one ex-GC and one ex-GE ) which are a bigger challenge that I might attempt one day - if I decide I can handle the smell of burnt flesh (BBQ?) as I solder them up,

Cheers,

Colin.
 

[Bazza]

Didn't Skytrex used to do a cast white metal RTR lowmac in N? I appreciate it was a good number of years ago now and that they subsequently dropped their N gauge range, and now only produce OO and O gauge kits, but it might be possible to find one.

[thebrighton]

I believe Fleetline offer a whitemetal one you just add wheels and coupling to.

[tunneroner61]

Yes Skytrex did do a cast RTR lowmac back in the 1980s - I still have a couple.

I found the NGS lowmac very difficult to get to run - it's very light and needs a a lot of weight adding.

[icairns]

I believe Fleetline offer a whitemetal one you just add wheels and coupling to.

The Fleetline range of kits has been acquired by John Day Models (along with ABS/Beaver and others):

https://www.johndaymodels.co.uk/

The Fleetline Lomac is shown here:

https://www.johndaymodels.co.uk/wagon-and-crane-kits/#jp-carousel-1934

Ian

[Jollybob]

I believe Fleetline offer a whitemetal one you just add wheels and coupling to.

The only trouble with the fleetline one that I found was you needed to find a way to secure the wheels in place so that they don't fall out.