Fantastic build, top job! As for the livery, my vote would be for the full pre-1908 choc/cream. But both livery options are nice and it'll look marvellous whichever you go with 👍

Mikkel,

An excellent build and commentary as usual.  You made it to a tri-composite before me!  All over brown would be easy but boring.  I know, I can send you all mine that need painting and you can do them all together, like a production line. 🙂

13 minutes ago, Fair Oak Junction said:

Fantastic build, top job! As for the livery, my vote would be for the full pre-1908 choc/cream. But both livery options are nice and it'll look marvellous whichever you go with 👍

Thanks Fair Oak. I find myself moving the goal posts for my modelling period at the moment, which of course immediately leads to too many options and choices! 🙂

9 minutes ago, ChrisN said:

Mikkel,

An excellent build and commentary as usual.  You made it to a tri-composite before me!  All over brown would be easy but boring.  I know, I can send you all mine that need painting and you can do them all together, like a production line. 🙂

Thank you Chris. You wouldn't want to do that, it would take decades! 😄

I'm not sure if I find the all brown easier. You need the lining to look really good there, while with the choc and cream it's a bit less obvious.

17 minutes ago, Mikkel said:

Thanks Fair Oak. I find myself moving the goal posts for my modelling period at the moment, which of course immediately leads to too many options and choices! 🙂

I know that feeling well. Some of my planned 009 layouts have changed so many times I barely recognise them 😄

You've chosen an interesting period, not just for the GWR but for the railways as a whole, and with it obviously comes lots of changes in liveries/rolling stock designs/loco details/etc.

It's easy to understand why your mind would be wandering towards a slightly later period and new livery styles. It's nice sometimes to have new variations to think about.

Yes, it's that constant battle to stay on track while also keeping it new and fresh. There have always been running sessions for different periods at Farthing, but it's getting harder to avoid mission creep.

Hypothesis: When more discipline is required elsewhere in life, there is greater temptation to loosen the reins on the hobby front.

Lovely looking carriage, I wonder if Slaters are any closer to releasing the GWR range again. 

Thanks all.

I had understood that the Slaters re-release of these kits wasn't far off, and with some mods being made to the bogies for easier construction - but who knows.

As for the livery of the E37 and its brethren, there is of course also the option of the 1908-22 lake livery, to go with the new Dapol 43xx No. 4321 in 1913 guise 🙂

Although I suppose an obvious match for that would be some standard Toplights, when Dapol get around to doing those.

I still have to get used to RTR GWR pre-grouping stock being readily available, and how to approach it. It's more satisfying to modify/build your own, I find, but it does take time and I struggle with loco mechanisms.

Thanks Matt! It would be great to see you build these, they have a few quirks but are quite satisfying kits. They sometimes  pop up on ebay, though usually at bizarre prices I'm afraid. Maybe Slater's can provide some info on when they are due back out.

Mikkel,

Do one side in one livery and the other in the other livery, on the grounds that you only see one side at a time. I model the mid 20's, most of my coaching stock has the Lake livery on one side and post '22 livery on the other, I just need the time to finish them.

PS. The 2021s suffered a set back when I dropped the saddle tank yesterday.

8 hours ago, Siberian Snooper said:

Mikkel,

 

Do one side in one livery and the other in the other livery, on the grounds that you only see one side at a time. I model the mid 20's, most of my coaching stock has the Lake livery on one side and post '22 livery on the other, I just need the time to finish them.

 

PS. The 2021s suffered a set back when I dropped the saddle tank yesterday.

Thanks Phil, the idea of two different liveries on one coach would certainly solve some dilemmas. But for my part I am a little reluctant about it. Something to do with the intregity of the coach - a silly romantic idea probably!

Sorry to hear about the 2021 taking a fall, that's bad news. I hope you can salvage it. Fingers crossed.

3 hours ago, Camperdown said:

Nicely done.  Some people have found a problem with lead reacting to pva glues, although perhaps Liquid Gravity is not lead?  Plasticene is a good alternative to glue, if there is a problem.

Thanks Camperdown. The good thing about the Liquid Gravity is that it's not lead, so the possible interacting with PVAs isn't a problem. Not that I have yet had the courage to try it in an enclosed space! Thanks for the tip about Plasticene, will keep that in mind.

Thank you Dana. Good point about the lower footboards, I hadn't thought about that.

Your C19 in brown with the lake coaches sounds good, this is exactly the kind of mixed picture that I would also like to have a go at. It sounds almost prototypical that you have run out of paint 🙂