By this time I have more LGB-cars than my LGB-locomotive can haul, so I actually don't need to add so many more new wagons to the rake. But sometimes, I think it would be nice to be able to carry around different loads or sometimes with no loads at all instead of being limited to permanently fixed loads or empties. Sometimes members in my MRC, Gleng Modelljernbaneklubb, arrange running-sessions on their garden railways with different themes, and then it would be nice to be able to temporary load my existing cars with a another and themed load.
To be able to change different loads between my existing LGB-wagons, I've been trying out different ways to secure my loads without permanently gluing them down, so they can be easily replaced with new ones. Here I'll show some few ways I use to temporary secure different loads to my G-scale wagons.
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Tacky putty
This is originally a product for hanging up posters etc. It's Tacky and can temporary lightly attach smaller objects and loads.
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...-no, he did not shit himself...
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String
This is a waxed string for jewellery I bought in a craft shop. It can be used as a 'rope' to secure medium loads. It's simply wrapped around your load and tucked in between the stakes and stakeholders on LGB wagons. Trim with scissors for neat cuts.
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Elastic bands
Almost everything I've been buying at the local Dollar Store has not worked as intended. -Except for these elastic hair bands. They works great for securing larger loads. It can either be wrapped around your load and wagon unmodified, or it can be cut and have a hook added in both ends. The hooks them selves are made by just bending links from a larger chain for jewellery from the craft shop. I found inspiration for tis method in this
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Chains
In the craft shop I also found chains for jewellery in different sizes, which also can be used to secure your loads.
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Here the chains are combined with wheel-blocks, which is again attached with tacky putty. It's very easy to remove the carload if desired.
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Deck
Another way to change larger loads is to make new decks/floors for your wagons with different loads attached to them. The wooden sticks are again from the craft shop.
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Does it work?
I wanted to give a friend a gift as he let's us run trains on his garden railway monthly, and thought I should bring the gift as a car-load. The load was so heavy, unstable and had such a high center of gravity that it would be challenging to secure it properly, so this would be the ultimate test if the techniques works. I had to use almost all og them; I 3D-printed a cradle for the bottle and attached the cradle to the wagon with tacky putty. The bottle it self was secured with both strings and elastic hair bands with hooks. It wouldn't look so good if the gift fell off and broke, so I think this is the proof that this works and will secure your loads too without permanently fixing them.
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