discussion Scratchbuilt 12th scale -- Delivery Van on Lorry Undercarriage

[radish]

A 1/12th scale Delivery Van on Lorry Under Carriage, made from the drawing of J.E.Bishop, published in "The Coach and Motor Builder, January, 1919".

I changed the wheels from wooden spoked wheels to steel wheels, these steel wheels are sometimes referred to as Sankey wheels, or, what was used on a Morris Cowley and a few other English vehicles many years ago.

As time went on, the Wheelwrights who made and repaired the Wooden Spoked Wheels, changed over to different trades and by about the 1930-40's they were a bit thin on the ground.
So a lot of Lorry owners started to use these type of steel wheels with rubber tyres fitted, because of the shortage of Wheelwrights to repair the wooden spoked wheels.
These wheels made the Vehicle roll a lot easier, because they were fitted with ball-bearings and had rubber tyres that made them a lot and quieter as well rolling far easier down a cobbled street.

Today you sometimes see these wheels fitted to a vehicle in the show ring.

I had the 1/12th scale wheels made by 3D Printing and they worked out quite OK. The tyres came from a 1/12th scale plastic kit of the "Blower Bentley".

I only had to adjust the size of the 3D printed wheels to accommodate the 1/12th scale rubber tyre.

Swiped the colour scheme for the Delivery Van from an old Ford Utility that a Mr Alex Hamilton had painted, which is in the Redlands Museum, Qld.

First the drawing that I used to make the Delivery Van then a few photos showing what it’s made from, then a few more photos showing the finished vehicle.

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

 

[radish]

Now for the finished photo's ------------------------

 

[A7man]

Another excellent build! I remember in the late 50s early 60s seeing similar wagons around my town that all seemed to have those type of wheel. In later years I wondered how they were made. Were they solid cast iron or two pressings welded together? I still dont know. Shame on me as the Bullnose Cowley was my favourite car back then. Have you ever thought about buiding a model of Trevithicks "Puffing Devil"? A replica will be driving around the town of Camborne soon. Just the right mix of wooden cart and steam, lovely!
Lee

 

[radish]

Another excellent build! I remember in the late 50s early 60s seeing similar wagons around my town that all seemed to have those type of wheel. In later years I wondered how they were made. Were they solid cast iron or two pressings welded together? I still dont know. Shame on me as the Bullnose Cowley was my favourite car back then. Have you ever thought about buiding a model of Trevithicks "Puffing Devil"? A replica will be driving around the town of Camborne soon. Just the right mix of wooden cart and steam, lovely!
Lee

Hi Lee, the wheels appear to be made from two pressed halves and a third section where the tyre fits, with the outer edge of the two halves rolled over the third centre section to make the wheel
It appears that somehow the insides are welded to create a light weight hollow very strong wheel.
If that is incorrect then somebody should/will tell me that is wrong and hopefully explain exactly how they were made.

As for the "Puffing Devil" I have NEVER heard of it before, BUT, a simple Google search soon had me back on track.
Looks like I have been just another person, who was under the FALSE impression, that Stevenson was the first who invented the steam engine.

Somehow it looks like the education system of Australia, way back in the 50's-60's, has been very well miss-informed about the real things that actually went on back in times past.
Thanks for informing me about who actually did make the very first steam engine and who the imposter is, who the world was told was the first.

Trying to build something that Steams at 12th scale, is a bit of a problem though, one slight mistake with a threaded conection and you could have a BOMB on your hands.

R

Thread '12th scale of Shand Mason, Horse Drawn, Steam Driven Water Pumper.'

Feb 26, 2026

Here is a 1/12th scale model of a Shand Mason, Horse Drawn, Steam Driven Water Pumper and once again it’s “Scratchbuilt”.
This model was made from the working drawings by Edgar T Westbury and the working drawings were acquired from the 'Guild of Model Wheelwright’s’.
It's a NON steamer, because playing with steam in this scale is a bit 'iffy', get one crossed thread and it then becomes a 'bomb', so it does NOT steam AT ALL, it now just resides in a glass cabinet as a “static” model.
Paint is just plain ordinary enamel house paint, it is amazing at what sort of a finish you can get from...

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