G10 with brake man's cab(2-axles closed van) from Iron side plastic kit.

• This page shows kit bashing G10 with brake man's cab(2-axles closed van) from Iron side brand static model kit to Gauge 1 working model.

Construction of the wagon.

To justify total length of the wagon to MAXI frame, I added brake man's cab to one of the end of wagon.

• The Red area : Scratch build from styrene sheet.
• The Green area : From Iron Side kit.
• The Blue area : From MAXI standard under frame.

Blake man's cab

The brakeman's cab and ladders are scratch build from styrene sheet. Railings are made from steel wires.

• Drawing of brakeman's cab:(small difference exists with real model)

• Detailed photos of brakeman's cab:

Please refer here for how to make signal holder.

Under frame

Under frame is MAXI standard wagon frame. Body and under frame fixed by sheet magnet(shining part of bottom of body).

 

Completed wagon

Detail of completed wagon

The roof and side door can be opened.

I painted inside wall with pale green paint. Is this true to prototype?

 

Close up of some letterings.

Some of them come from Gunze's Ommru, others are from original kit.

 

Marker signal Zg3 on it's holder.

 

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