DSB Class PFB-PFR from Dekas - Peat Wagons - Unboxing and Weathering

During both world wars, Denmark had to rely heavily on domestic energy sources such as lignite (a.k.a. “brown coal”) and peat. When war broke out in Europe in 1939 the Danish railways, both the State Railways (DSB) and local lines, were immediately mobilised as the backbone of an intricate distribution system transporting lignite and peat from the countryside to the cities. A great number of open wagons were equipped with “peat hedges”, which expanded the loading capacity of the wagons considerably. The demand for peat continued during the first years after the war, but then began to dwindle as international trade with coal and oil products resumed. The peat hedges were mostly gone by the mid-1950s, which is the era I am modelling, but somebody seems to have forgotten these two old class PF-wagons at a distant siding track. The models are from Danish manufacturer Dekas and their photo etched peat hedges are something never before seen in a Danish modelling context. I have given the wagons quite a heavy layer of weathering since the two of them have probably soldiered on since the early war years without much care. Please visit my blog www.sundborg.wordpress.com (mostly in Danish) for more on my plans for a Danish model railway layout.
Materials used in this video:
• AK Interactive AK 563 Old and Weathered Wood Vol.2
• AK Interactive AK042 European Earth Pigment
• AK Interactive AK7012 Shafts and Bearings Grease
• Citadel Shade Agrax Earthshade
• Vallejo 70.941 Burnt Umber
• Vallejo 76.518 Black Wash
• Vallejo 76.523 European Dust Wash
Music: Gridlock Blues, You Tube
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[@raymondleggs5508]

Delicate little wagons

[@SundborgModelRailway]

The wagons where already 50 years+ at the time where my layout is set, so they both look and are old fashioned. But the models are very nice and not as delicate as they appear :-)

[@gramchristian]

Halløj
Flot patiniering.
Savner dog nogle rådne samt slidte brædder.
Årene kan ikke været gået upåagtet hen med den ublide medfart de sikkert har haft.
vh

[@SundborgModelRailway]

Tak! Du har ret i det med de rådne brædder. Det burde jeg have tænkt på. Mon ikke der ind i mellem var en del fugt i de tørv, der så trængte ned i bunden af vognen? Jeg burde nok have lavet lidt afskallede maling, eller måske nymalede brædder i de nederste rækker langs sider og endevægge. Næste gang!

[@gramchristian]

@@SundborgModelRailway Dels det men også lidt revner og sprækker mellem brædderne, samt slitage på øverste række. Tænker en opvarmet x-acto kniv kunne bruges ?