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Not one but two finished coaches. GWR C54 and SR Continental

pete_mcfarlane

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The Comet GWR C54 third and Worsley SR Continental 3rd are now complete.

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I couldn't find a decent photo of the compartment side of the C54 in 1930s livery, so for now it's missing the various smoking/no-smoking signs. Not that any of the passengers are likely to smoke, being a mix or plastic and whitemetal....

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The Continental is finished in late 1940s condition. As an experiment I used Humbrol acrylic Malachite green, which seems slightly darker than the Precision equivalent but isn't far off some colour photos. I'm assuming this coach has had a few coats of varnish which has darkened the paint....

 

I'm rather pleased with both of these. The Continental was my fist attempt at one of the Worsley "scratch aid" kits and it went together very well (although lets face it, a slab sided coach with 4 doors is never going to be that hard!). I've got a Thanet 3rd and the one off SECR Continental brake composite in my to do pile and hopefully they wont be far off getting started.

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coachmann

I do like the look of these coaches particularly the SE&CR/SR Continental stock. My initial reaction was where did you get a roof seeing as these coaches were so narrow. While searching your blogs I noticed the Comet roof was mentioned and that the coach bodies had been produced over-width to suit a roof intended for 9' wide coaches.

 

The coaches look the part and certainly no worse for being over width. I dont know how I missed your thread but it is very interesting.

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Coach,

 

The Worsley parts are designed for a Comet roof, but I manage to substitute a Bulleid roof from Southern Pride, which is almost the right width and shape. The coach is still a bit to wide, but less than 1mm. The fun will start when I do the brake composite, which is to Restriction 0 and only 8' wide. I've not yet tracked down a suitable roof for that.

 

Pete

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