The wife had to go out this evening, so the FBRR shop kept the working into the evening. There's still a lot of work to be done, but thus far I'm feeling better about this car than the flatcar.

I spent a bit more time thinking about the chassis for this wagon, keeping the influence of the prototype. Most joints are both glued and nailed.



Ooops, some glue leakage....


Coming together! Here's the bed, with nails. The couplers are just hanging there at the moment.


And the wagon sides start coming up! The ruler on the left is a 7/8 scale ruler so you can get an idea of the dimensions. From the bottom of the wheels to the top of the sides, it's about 3.5ft. The side height is about 1.5ft. The wagon length is 8ft, and the width is 3.75ft.


A shot showing from a different angle. I decided to notch out where the wheel axleboxes were to give them a (hopefully) bit more rigidity in operation. Still haven't mounted them yet (trying to decide on what method to go with).