Connoisseur Models GWR HYDRA Diagram G19 Instruction Booklet - Gwr Hydra
GWR HYDRA
Diagram G19
T
he Hydra’s to dia
gram G19
w
ere
built
in 1908 a
nd ran int
o B
R
day
s. T
hey
carried ru
nning numbers 4227
9-42288.
Liv
er
y, All o
ver
G
W
R
passenger
stock brow
n (Railmatch
enamel
spray
No 1602). A
xl
e box
es and
springs
, brake gear and w
h
eels,
buffer heads, black.
Planked floor,
dirt
y
w
ood.
W
hite end to brake
lev
er. Lettering,
ye
llo
w
(ochre). T
ransfers for lettering are avail
a
ble
from, Historical
M
o
del Rail
w
a
y Societ
y, Brian
W
ebb (
volunteer
sales officer),
8 Gilpin Green, Harpenden,
Herts AL5 5NR.
Send SAE for
list
and order form
or t
hey are stocked
b
y some
specialist retailers. T
h
ese are
Pressfix
ty
pe and
you
w
ill r
equire
sheet 11 G
W
R goods v
ehicle insignia.
For BR period tech
nically
the
bro
w
n pai
ntw
ork sho
ul
d becom
e baux
ite
on fitted w
ag
ons but
looking at photos
(b
lack & w
hite) it looks
as if in
reality the onl
y li
ver
y
change w
a
s to
prefi
x
the number w
ith a W
.
T
here is a nice selection of 1/43 scale d
iecast road
ve
hicles
av
ailabl
e
that w
ould make sui
table loads and Andy Duncan, 34
W
a
ter
s Road,
Salisbury
,
W
ilts,
SP1
3NX, T
el 017
22 321041, produces a ran
ge of kits
for horse draw
n vehi
cles.
For more information and photograph
s o
f the prototy
pe
wago
n I w
ould
recommend, G
W
R
Goods W
agons, Atki
ns Beard & T
ourret, T
ourret
Publishing, ISBN 0-905878-07
-8. Get it from y
our
local library v
ia their
book order sy
stem. T
he G19 Hydra
is feat
ured on pages 162-1
64.
Casting Identification
and
Parts Check List
1 X 6” length of 0.9m
m brass w
ire
(for bra
ke cross shaft)
. 1 X 6” of spring steel
W
ire
(for buffer springing, may
be tarnished)
.
4 X Buffer
Heads/Shanks
4 X Buffer
Ret
aining
Collar
s
4 X Buffers
4 X Ax
le Bo
xe
s
2 X Screw
Coupling Centres
2 X Vacuum
Brake Pipes
W
hen I m
ade the centrifugal m
ould
to pro
duce a full set of casti
ngs for this w
agon (
one m
ould t
w
o spins)
I took a bakers do
ze
n
approach to the
nu
mber of sub
m
ast
ers I
plac
ed in the
m
ould. So you should
find e
xtr
a castings to
guar
d against accidents
&
m
ishaps but the
qua
ntities listed are
the
m
ini
m
u
m
required for
the w
agon.
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