Examples

RailGut in practice

Painted Loads and Bases, and RailGut on real layouts.

Painted by hand

Loads and Bases are made to be finished by you: paint, weather, detail.

Hand-painted Load and Base
Hand-painted Load and Base. · Photo: Erik Spierenburg
Painted Load on its Base, side view
The painted Load on its Base, side view. · Photo: Erik Spierenburg
Painted Load under tarpaulin
A painted Load under tarpaulin, with straps and netting. · Photo: Erik Spierenburg

On the layout

A Load on a wagon, running on the layout of Carel L.

Load on a wagon on a model railway layout
A Load on a wagon, on the layout of Carel L. · Photo: Carel L.
Video: the layout of Carel L. · Video: Carel L.

Fresh from the printer

Test prints, still unpainted: the wine barrels (Load L010) and a new Load with three cable drums.

Wine barrels, front view with sign
The wine barrels with the “Weingut Ingelfingen” sign, straight from the printer. · Photo: Erik Spierenburg
Wine barrels from above
From above: five tie-down straps over fifteen barrels. · Photo: Erik Spierenburg
Wine barrels, side view
Side view: barrels, hoops and straps in two layers. · Photo: Erik Spierenburg
Three cable drums, primed
Three cable drums on a Base, printed and primed in grey. · Photo: Erik Spierenburg

How it was made

From a bare wagon to a finished Load: the development of RailGut in photos.

The starting point: a low-loader wagon with nothing on it.
The starting point: a low-loader wagon with nothing on it.
The first adapter on the wagon. This became our first Base.
The first adapter on the wagon. This became our first Base.
The prototype Base from above.
The prototype Base from above.
A first Load: a transformer, 3D-printed.
A first Load: a transformer, 3D-printed.
Load and Base together on the wagon.
Load and Base together on the wagon.
Painted by hand: the finished result. A second, unpainted Load waits in the background.
Painted by hand: the finished result. A second, unpainted Load waits in the background.

Examples

Show us yours

Have you painted a Load or Base, or does RailGut run on your layout? Send us a photo or a short video. With your name, a line about the model and your permission to show it here, we gladly add it to this page.

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