Spectacle Plate

According to Backtrack January 2004 pages 11-12, there were dining facilities on the summer Saturdays Waterloo to Lymington trains in 1938. Surely a lined version would be needed for this..

Hi all, There's a photo on the linked page showing a British Rail VIX / VJX ferry van in Italy attached to an ex-German 1930s shunter. http://www.forum-duegieditrice.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=99375 Does anyone know what other British ferry vehicles (eg Hybars, tube wagons, vans, CCTs, weltrols, flatrols and earlier vehicles) were known to go that far away? An old thread about ferry vans shows 'Fat Controller' might know about some, if he's about.

Is a layout with slightly curved / angled boards going to be accepted by most exhibition managers, or are only rectangles acceptable? Here's a prototype example of one shape in question, assuming the boards follow roughly the curve of the track / boundary roads. http://www.scalatt.it/public/data/michele1971/2014219132914_stazione%20di%20modica.JPG

Quite a relevant search! The official colour of this engine is Blutorange and they travelled through Italy as part of an Austrian regional train called a Korridorzug between around 1970 and the early 1990s. Coaches they hauled on this train, apart from the Schlieren type already mentioned:- 1) 1972 dated photo: OBB Mitteleinstiegswage x 2 all in green (2 x Roco 45527, new catalogue number release may be available) in tandem with an Italian Aln556 Breda railcar (made by pre-Hornby Rivarossi) 2) 1970 dated photo: OBB Spantenwagen 4-wheel terraced brake (made by Klein Modellbahn then Roco) attached to a Mitteleinstiegswagen (Roco 45527). The engine in this photo is green, but there are some 2043 in orange around at this time. 3) Various photos dated 1974 to 1978: OBB Leichtschnellzugwagen x 2, always seen in green. A model has been commissioned and is avaiable from www.memoba.at 4) Various photos 1978 onwards: OBB Schlieren in 3 coach sets, often 2 x 2nd class, 1 x 2nd class / brake. Initially in green or mixed with those of the jaffa livery, but complete jaffa trains seen since 1979. The train wasn't allowed to stop at stations in Italy, except for operational reasons. There was another one that was allowed and here's a photo of it at Dobbiaco / Toblach station in Italy. http://www.photorail.com/oldies/oldvarie/GBaratella/204348-110981dobbiaco.jpg This one can be identified, as it has a first class coach, but the Korridorzug was all second. The station itself is a modelling project of mine that's been at the planning stage for some years now. In Austria itself, they have hauled 1930s skirted coaches of various types. They were also used on goods trains, often with OBB wood transport wagons, sometimes even triple headed. The Lima version of the model that you have is the best one for representing the 2043 as fully modified from the early 1970s and seen until the end of the 1980s, as it has the protruding silver coloured grille on the side of the body and more of the side windows are openable. The Roco model has the side grille, but less side windows are openable (and it sometimes omits the vertical handrail beneath the front cab window), so it represents a slightly earlier stage of modification, more relevant just for the 1970s.