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Those are excellent. Model making! 

 

best wishes,

 

Alastair M

3 hours ago, A Murphy said:

Those are excellent. Model making! 

Thank you.

The last one looks excellent in blue, similar to the shade on the later Orient Express carriages.

3 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said:

The last one looks excellent in blue, similar to the shade on the later Orient Express carriages.

 

Thanks. The London & Croydon painted their carriages blue with the City Arms on the centre door and the Company monogram on the other two. That’s about as much as we know, the exact shade and tone of blue is guesswork really but as you say it’s quite smart.

Lovely vehicles. I'm trying to imagine the labout involved in heaving all those heavy chests onto the roof and tying them down. I know it's still being done on buses in some countries, but I'd rather haul a goat than an oak chest up there!

 

Getty images.

 

Edited June 1, 2020 by Mikkel

In 1844, the Head Porter at Bricklayers Arms, Thomas Buckingham, had sixteen men under his control so I suppose many hands make light work.

14 hours ago, 5&9Models said:

In 1844, the Head Porter at Bricklayers Arms, Thomas Buckingham, had sixteen men under his control so I suppose many hands make light work.

 

If they had been coaching inn employees looking for a brighter future, they would have been used to it.

Nicely built. I do like that early phase of railway carriages being styled as road carriages. Interesting point about the surcharge for a compartment with end windows, I didn't know that one. 

 

 

44 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

If they had been coaching inn employees looking for a brighter future, they would have been used to it.

 

Good point, I hadn’t thought of that. However Thomas Buckingham and two of his Porters were soon dismissed for ‘being inefficient’ and Buckingham was replaced by a Head Porter from London Bridge.