Tie-downs

Anyone found anything that can be used to lash down military vehicles onto a Warwell/warflat? They use strops made of a nylon like material with a ratchet tensioner in real life, but I've not seen a 00 equivalent.

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Ian Birchenough
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"Ian Birchenough"

What era? Load binders (What we call strops made of a nylon like material with a ratchet tensioner) for current era or chains and or wire rope slings tensioned with screw couplers in previous eras?

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway

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Roger T.

I tried .005" plasticard for the similar strapping on some 4mm scale steel and timber carrying wagons, but found it too brittle. Subsequently, I've thought of narrow strips cut out of appropriately coloured thick carrier bags, or perhaps insulation tape, as you need something with a degree of flexibility. Other people have used Letraset tape, but that's always struck me as a bit insubstantial Brian

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BH Williams

How about vinyl striping tape, as used for autos? Or would that be too thick? I also recall a reference to drafting tape, which may no longer be made in these CAD days. Maybe and artists' supply shop would have s suitable self-stick tape.

HTH

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Wolf Kirchmeir

In the 60's It was sawn to 2 ft sleepers and chains with swing tackle like in couplings. Of course Cent's had the coupling built in no need to wrap around an axle

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Trev

Used to use Letaset tapes at work that might do for this. Seem to recall two types - one was, I suppose, like coloured masking type, ie. with a sort of slightly crinkled appearance, but it helped it go round corners. Other type was a smoother plastic finish - might be more suitable for this job.

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Hope it might be of help. The car line tape that someone else mentioned might be better.

Cheers,

John

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John Howell

The striping tape is also called lining tape. A friend used it to good effect on a rake of OTA timber wagons to represent the nylon ratchet straps.

Cheers, Mick

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Mick Bryan

Centurions were a little large for the UK loading gauge, I recall- there were about a hundred or so Warflats fitted with wider floors modified for BAOR use to carry them and subsequent MBTs. The fixing-down chains were replaced by lighter straps about 10 years ago on Warflats/Warwells. I have a copy of the BR 'Green Book' on loading instructions for special traffics, published 1993, which states that 'The chains on MODA wagons are currently being replaced by straps' - unlike the straps on other wagons, they use the pre-existing chaining-down loops, rather than ratchet tensioners on the solebar. I believe the baulks of wood have now been replaced by steel chocks in most cases- most MoDA trains include a van (usually VGA) to carry chocks and straps when not in use For those who wish to use chains rather than straps, I believe Roxey Models, amongst others, make them in 4mm scale. Brian

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BH Williams

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