discussion Double Lorry - Scratchbuilt in 1/12th scale

[radish]

Here's a 1/12th scale Double Lorry ( requires two neddies for power, so it's a Double ) made from the drawings of J.E.Bishop once again and printed in “The Coach and Motorbuilder , October, 1918”.

Usual methods of construction, so no different procedures were required.

This type of vehicle was very popular in the City of Melbourne, capital of Victoria, Australia.

This vehicle used Nave brakes and they were a tad tricky to get both sides working together on the model.

These type of Nave brakes were given the nickname of “Squealers”, as when the wooden brake blocks were worn down, the head of the bolts holding the wooden blocks onto the vehicle, started to rub on the brake drum. Steel on steel sure sounds horrible, so the Melbourne City Council had to bring in a bye-law, just to get the owners of these vehicles to replace the brake blocks, to stop all the ’squealing noises’.

The wooden brake blocks were normally made from River Red Gum, a very hard Australian timber, it took a while to wear these brake blocks down, but with NO maintenance, they soon were heard all over the place.

Saw a photo of one of these Double Lorries which was taken at a show in Sydney, checked out the stash of 'working drawings' that I have and found the exact drawing for that vehicle.

Used the same colour scheme as in the photo from Sydney, I just added different names to it with decals.




















Here is the wooden brake blocks that were causing a bit of trouble, from all the noise they made when worn down to the bolt heads ------------------











Any questions, then please ask --------------------

 

[Steven000]

Another nice model Radish - interesting story about those wooden brake blocks. cheers

 

[Gern]

Beautiful work. You said a few days ago that two-wheeled things were carts and four wheelers were wagons. So why was this called a double lorry?

 

[Ian M]

Another super detailed model Graham.

 

[radish]

Beautiful work. You said a few days ago that two-wheeled things were carts and four wheelers were wagons. So why was this called a double lorry?

It's only got a single pole for TWO horses to be attached to, so it's a "DOUBLE Lorry" because it takes double the horses that a "Single Lorry" requires to drag it around the countryside.

Now a Lorry is with-in the Waggon family, ie - it's got 4 wheels.

But the difference is in the size of the wheels and that the wheels on a Lorry are normally ALL underneath the bodywork.
Where-as a Waggon normally has Larger Wheels at the rear and the wheels stick up above the sides of the Waggon.
The front wheels on a Waggon, can be smaller to fit underneath the front to make the turning circle far smaller, than if the Front Wheels were sticking out passed the sides of the Waggon.
If the Front wheels on a Waggon are large wheels and stick up past the sides of the Waggon, then you will need about 5 clear acres to turn it around and go back the way you just came, or spend half an hour backing and filling to get it turned around.
Suppose you have heard the statement somewhere in your life, ---------- different horses for different courses ------ this even applies to Horse Drawn Vehicles as well.

Hope that explanation covers it, ------------ OR, ----- is it about as clear as mud ?