Upgrading the Trainmaster WSC

Thankfully, it was a wet weekend and some projects were attacked. I thought I would finally try and finish those WSC wagons that have been gathering dust for the past year or so.

This is the process I used to put more weight into the resin sleeper loads.

On the right shows the 3mm guide holes drilled.

Then they are opened out to 13mm, middle photo.

Then lastly weight is added flush (shot) and glued (white glue).

The drill bits used, note the pink lines. These were supposed to be my depth indicators.

I ground the tip off the 13mm bit to enable flat, deep holes for more weight.

Try and be careful with the guide drill or this will be the end result.

This hole was fixed with some sprue that fit perfectly into the hole and glued.

1 out of 100 holes ain't too bad.

The end result, 50 loads weighted and glued. This process has doubled the weight of each individual load.

The end view showing Kadee 5's and AR Kits bogies fitted. These wagons probably never had these bogies but they were spare and better than the originals.

The underside showing the cover strip of styrene on the fish belly hiding the weight underneath. This method didn't give too much extra weight, but everything helps.

The finished product. This wagon negotiated tight curves behind other wagons and performed better than I expected. Tomorrow I get the decals to change the numbers on the other 9.