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Hi Rav

 

Have you considered using the Cambrian bogies instead? See their website.

 

HTH

 

Jim

Bill Bedford does an etched, sprung subframe for GWR plate bogies to which you could attach the sideframes from your kit.

 

Cheers,

 

James

What wheelbase is required? I got so fed up of the bogies for the Cambrian Sealion, that I did my own etch, but that's for the cast type, not platebacks.

Jon

Thanks for this . It looks like Cambrian bogies (from the reissued retooled kit) are the cheapst way to go. I hope I can get some at Warley. Its not been the best of evenings as I've managed to bend an axle pulling wheels off 12mm dia wheelsets while dabbling with the Pacer - replacement needed- , and a quick check has revealed there's only one possible NL Pacer in Provincial livery with Hornby's multirib style 1st batch roof (142 050). Trying to find photos of Pacers in original blue isn't exactly easy either. I can see several projects grinding to a temporary halt here...

Jon: all I was trying to do was to fit the sideframes supplied in the kit. These appear to be 5'6" and are quoted as such for the new version Cambrian spare parts . Southern Wagons vol 4 simply says "the standard BR plate bogies" - Alan Blackburn was somewhat beyond his official remit in covering these BR derivatives and there's no drawing .

 

Having said that , if the Cambrian Sealion was bad news in this area, then replacement Cambrian bogies may not help that much....

 

The Bill Bedford etch frame will cost me more than I paid for the kit, secondhand

Hi Rav

 

Originally Cambrian kits came with bogies that needed assembling and they were weak as hell. Recently Cambrian have started selling one piece bogies (like RTR) and they are much, much better.

 

HTH

 

Jim

Jim:

 

This sounds like good news - i'll investigate further