UK freight wagon MODs: crane, boxcars, flatcars, and guard's van

[Murdoch17]

These models are heavily inspired by Whoward69's fleet of train cars, as seen on his Flickr feed and his instructions linked below.

First up is a set off a crane wagon. I modified the original model model's instructions to include a longer base for the crane, and using newer parts to make it a bit more durable.

The rear of the crane car should feature six of this print where the yellow 1 x 2 tiles are.

The crane car can move side to side or up and down with two sets of ropes to either raise / lower the hook or operate the boom. 

Please NOTE: I don't have the exact measurements for the two strings as they wasn't listed in said instructions. However, I think two of this string here should be long enough.

I also added a flatcar carrying train track for the crane to off-load.

This Box Van was a Banana Van when I built from these instructions. I already have two boxcars in this form, and thought four more would be a good idea.

This flat car was just a random addition to the train, with no real specific prototype.

The brake van was mostly made from these instructions. I embellished the design with a couple of my own touches to keep it in line with the above-mentioned boxcars.

I was inspired by the Lone Ranger "Constitution Train Chase" (set number 79111) and it's jail car to add tail lights to this car. This print should go where the black 1 x 2 tiles are under the rear windows.

The LDD file for the six boxcars, one depressed center flatcar and the singular guards van is available for download here...

...while the crane car and flat wagon are available for download in this link.

Comments, Questions, & Complaints are always welcome!

(NOTE: These models should be built IRL by January 2018!)

Edited July 10, 2017 by Murdoch17