1950s SR layout -

A useful and inexpensive detail for the van.

 

http://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/product/475/4a122-sr-window-grilles-for-bogie-luggage-van/

 

Carl

A useful and inexpensive detail for the van.

 

http://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/product/475/4a122-sr-window-grilles-for-bogie-luggage-van/

 

Carl

 

 

Cheers for that Carl, I'll put in an order when I decide on some other things that I wanted from them

Don't forget the window grills Josh - some are now missing from my full size GBL, but I can get you a pic of what they should be like. 

Oops just noticed what the Roxey mouldings link was!

I had one of these vans as a kid - the opening doors gave great 'play value'

I had one of these vans as a kid - the opening doors gave great 'play value'

 

I like them too, great photo potential Just need parcels

 

Sorry to activate an old thread but how many window bars should an ex Tri-Ang SR van have, and should they be white or black? (Mine is in scruffy BR green)

 

I have asked as on-line images of the prototype seem to vary and I need to replace the long lost originals on my model. Might as well get it right if I can rather than just replicate the Tri-ang option.

 

Edited March 22, 2020 by john new

John,

 

 

Here's one I repainted (railmatch paint, model master transfers,  testors Dullcote matt varnish). It's fitted with Roxey mouldings etched window bars.

 

 

 

If you haven't  got the Roxy ones, it looks as if some thin plastic strip would do instead perhaps.  I've just had a look for pictures of the prototype, but the only ones I can find at present are of vehicles with windows so  grubby that you can't see the bars anyway!

Hope this helps.

 

Bill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The conundrum of these vans (all links found by following a google images search for SR bogie utility vans). Links only posted for copyright reasons:–

 

1.     In the top picture on this link the bars appear to be four up and four across painted black. Upper and lower bars visible but almost level with the window frame. Link https://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pics/gbl.html

2.     However, in the lower photo on the same page they appear to be either a very, very grubby white or a mid-brown.

3.     In this flickr album most, where the bars are complete, seem to be 3 across x 4 down and painted black. https://www.flickr.com/photos/extension3363/sets/72157654715839946/

4.     Although not exactly the same vehicle type, but one would assume built and run under the same livery regime, the bars vary in colour from red (as built) and later beige. They appear to also have been replaced by different arrangements at varying times during service life. Top picture 2 across x 4 down but earlier in its life it had 1 across by 4 down. https://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pic2/4601_0415_ml.jpg

5.     The GUV on the Swanage Rly, 3 across x 4 down, beige. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_stock_of_the_Swanage_Railway#/media/File:SR_GUV_2464_at_Corfe_Castle.JPG

6.     This one at the Swanage Rly, has variations within the van itself and the window bars, are probably grubby white. Mostly 1 across by 2 down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_stock_of_the_Swanage_Railway#/media/File:SR_Full_Brake_256_at_Corfe_Castle.JPG

 

The crucial bit is that none (Except the one-off livery used for Winston Churchill's funeral) seem to match the bright white of the model as released but the Roxey bars do appear to match most. https://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/product/475/4a122-sr-window-grilles-for-bogie-luggage-van/

 

Edited March 25, 2020 by john new

Added the extra re Winston Churchill's van livery.