A narrow gauge tanker wagon model, inspired by the advertising wagon of the Purple Moose Brewery mounted on a skip wagon chassis. A Google search for "purple moose brewery tanker wagon" should find several images of the original. Other models have been made already including at least one commercial version, but none of them had the level of detail I wanted - hence this Thing.

NOTE: This model is designed to use the Hudson Rugga axle boxes and 16mm disk wheels available from Binnie Engineering (https://peterbinnie.com). Disclaimer - I have no connection with this supplier other than as a satisfied customer.

The tanker wagon chassis is designed to be visually compatible with the Binnie Engineering Hudson Tipper wagons. Consequently I had to take a few liberties with the design, most notably that the frame supporting the 'brake handle' is fitted inside rather than outside the chassis frame. So not one for the purists, but it still looks rather good.

Parts required:
Wheels, axleboxes and 3mm axles from Binnie Engineering
35mm of 2mm silver steel rod for the brake handle shaft
2 pieces of single core coloured hookup wire for the tie-down cables
print 1 each of -
Chassis.stl
EndAssembly.stl
Handle.stl
Tank.stl
TankEnd1.stl
TankEnd2.stl
TankTop.stl
TankLid.stl
Vent.stl
Pipe.stl
Valve.stl
2 x CouplingPin.stl
4 x TieDown.stl

The Chassis and EndAssembly will need to be printed with support. If possible, use SupportEnforcer.stl along with Chassis.stl in your slicer to specify where support is needed - i.e. not in the axlebox mounting slots! Some of the parts will need rotating in your slicer to lie flat on the print bed. Use the lowest layer height possible for the TankEnd components.

I recommend building the chassis (Chassis, EndAssembly, TieDowns), pipework (Pipe, Valve) and tank (Tank, TankEnd1, TankEnd2, TankTop, TankLid, Vent - check the pictures for orientation) as separate sub-assemblies, paint these as desired (keeping paint off the mating surfaces) and then assemble the complete model. By itself the model is quite light, so it's worth adding some ballast e.g. a few M8 nuts epoxied inside the bottom of the tank. For the brake handle simply glue the handle to the end of the short length of silver steel rod, slide it into place and then paint the shaft in situ. I used very short lengths of heat-shrink sleeve immediately below the handle and on the centre section of the shaft to prevent the handle sliding too far down. Finally add the tie-down cables using the single core hookup wire.

For the Purple Moose Brewery livery I found that Vallejo Purple 044 acrylic paint was the closest available match. For the logo I printed very thin outlines of the moose on a waterslide transfer sheet, paintre them purple using a very fine brush and then applied them to the white disks painted on the tank. The lettering is 6mm self-adhesive vinyl lettering - really much too large, but I think it looks OK on the model.

Of course you can let your imagination loose on the livery - there's a very brief video of some of my tankers here.