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70 foot stock


rovex

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This is a continuation of my topic about GWR coaches and increasing passenger choice - (very topical - lol)

 

I will try to put a link to the old topic when the sites back up and running - though at the moment I'm still trying to work my way round the new site - as a bear of very little brain I'm easily confused but as Basil Fawlty says "now we're in I'm determined to make it work".

 

Anyway with the articulated suburban stock taking a back burner for a while, I'm trying my hand at the South Wales 70 ft stock.

 

The first two examples are the composite restaurant car and the corridor composite (stock numbers to follow) the body shells are from Hornby originals and I'm going to try scratchbuilding the underframes as I feel this will be more robust then cutting up and regluing the old Hornby ones.

 

The first couple of photos represent the body shell for the composite

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This requires two composite coaches and the insertion of an extra first and third compartment in the middle. The work also allows you to sort out incorrect spacing of the corridor windows.

 

These next two photos are the body shell for the restaurant car.

 

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This was done by adding an extra window to each end, from a second restaurant car and then as the kitchen appears to be on the other side of the coah swapping the kitchen windows and the corridor windows around.

 

I think the photos show where the cuts have been made.

 

and finally I'm not bothering trying to upgrade the Hornby ends, I cut two many slices out of my fingers the last time I tried this, So I've just replaced them with plastic card and added the relevant details

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Obviously a long way to go, I also plan to try the 70 brake third and will then see if I have enough bits left over to try the all third - though this might be simpler to buy the Comet sides.

 

Again inspiration copmes from Allan Tidders website GW Works linked to from the previous topic.

 

Rovex

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Nice to see some RTR bashing going on here, and very interesting stock too. Looking forward to following this!

 

It's a pity that the GW Works site isn't updated any more, but glad to see that his blog is still alive.

 

- Mikkel

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