(A repeat of my very recent Bachmann BCK entry by way of introduction ...) Whilst waiting to move house I've been doing a little modelling. I've temporarily abandoned my partly finished B-Set and turned my attention to a Bachmann maroon Mk1 BSK I bought partly disassembled at the last Expo EM member sales. This was supplied with a TSO interior but for the price I thought I can make a replacement interior - and its taken till now to start on it. The BSK is meant to be one end of a maroon named train set - the 'Pines' or the 'Devonian' for my location and period.

 

So I've first decided to build the Interior before re-wheeling for P4 and changing the couplings. As mentioned in the BCK post, I used the BCK interior as a template for the BSK interior. This gave me the floor size, where the compartment wall cut-outs had to go and a rough idea of the guard's compartment layout. For more information I've been looking hard at the mass of information in excellent BR Mk.1 coach Yahoo E-list. I've found out so much, including many photos to help me build the interior. I've also used Google searches for Mk.1 coach interior and Mk.1 toilet interior (!) which has yielded useful images. I bought a second hand copy at the NYMR bookshop of the Ian Allan ABC for Hauled stock and emus 1958 edition which gave me pictures, numbers and (very small) diagrams for each Mk.1 type. I've since found via the Yahoo E-List more info on coach numbers, lot numbers, build dates and diagram books for download! All the info needed to choose numbers for a set running in the summer of 1961 (my modelling period). So, in the main, my Mk1s will be on B1 bogies and will have single glazed windows with some rare exceptions of coaches built in late 1960 / early 61 ...

 

Enough of the Intro. Here are some photos of construction out of plasticard ...

 

Here are some of the parts cut out ....

 

 

and a shot taken during assembly ...

 

 

now with all the seats built:

 

 

with seats painted:

 

 

A first attempt at building the luggage compartment using lint as the mesh - not successful and replaced!

 

 

A second attempt with mesh from an 'organza' bag before painting

 

 

now painted and guards compartment detailed ....

 

 

the compartment side ...

 

 

Now a view from the outside, organza gauze visible!:

 

 

Here is a shot to show the white paint scraped off the 'frosted' windows, (lower) cf original white paint on BCK side (upper)

 

 

viewed from the outside of an assembled coach:

 

 

seen from the compartment side: (note the desk showing through the frosted window)

 

 

Now a view of the compartments from the corridor side

 

 

and from the compartment side, lining needs repairing!!: