An update of the Klappdeckelwagen. The previous half year there was not much time for model engineering due to a lot of work at our university of applied science. But now with the Christmas holidays, there is more time; we still have a lockdown here in the Netherlands, so not much outdoor activity.
The buffer beams, horn plates, etc. are the same as for the wagons previously described on this blog.
The side plates are strengthened with L-profiles (10 x 10 x 2), which are riveted with 1,7 mm copper rivets.
Just before riveting, Loctite is applied between the parts. This way no water can come in between the plate and profile when the wagon should stand in the rain.
Positioning the profiles dead square.
John came along. He is also making a Klappdeckelwagen but in 5" gauge.
His version is a later version of the wagon, with a longer wheelbase and on the lids these square shapes.
Even that was possible to bend.
John's long wheel-based version in 5" gauge.
Brawa model to be released in 2022
The long wheel-based modern version versus the earlier short wheel-based version. (Roco H0)
The supports for the door handle mechanism.
The doors are of the same design as on my open wagon. The Germans Railways had from early on a lot of standardization in their wagon building programs.
Even the Klappdeckelwagen has the same construction details as the steel coal wagon.
And even in making models of German good wagons, standardization pays off because a lot of punches and dies I've made can be used again.
Bending the door handle in the vice.
The doors.
The coupling hook is CNC milled.
A new (secondhand) computer is now in use to control the CNC miller.
Profiling the backplate of the buffer stock.
Drilling a 16 mm hole for the buffer stocks.
Work on the buffers.
The cross slide is set in several stages to angles between 2 and 6 degrees, to obtain the shape of the buffer head.
The buffer beams were completed.