Pete Harvey Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 7mm Kit to be released during the first quarter of 2016 Pete 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Lovely looking model. I don't suppose you'd be interested in doing those shutters in 4mm, would you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 I would be prepared to re scale all of the frets needed for the kit to 4mm but it would be up to the modeller to find out if it could be built. If anyone would be interested in that please contact me through my website Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Great to see something after quite a while. This looks like a great bit of kit.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_gauge_novice Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Hi Pete, The wagon looks really tempting. By researching I found that it was built starting in 1962. Am I right? Does anybody know how far south in continental Europe these wagons were coming? I would be tempted for my greek theme.... Cheers Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Brady Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Put me down for two this is excellent, can't wait to see this kit in the flesh , I am feeling a convincing speedlink train coming on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Hi Pete, The wagon looks really tempting. By researching I found that it was built starting in 1962. Am I right? Does anybody know how far south in continental Europe these wagons were coming? I would be tempted for my greek theme.... Cheers Andreas No reason that they couldn't have worked as far as Greece, or anywhere else in Europe which used standard-gauge track, though whether they did is another matter. I have seen other BR Ferry vehicles in Italy, whilst someone saw a BR Ferry Van in what was then Yugoslavia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Brian, Not wishing to steal the bread from Pete's mouth, but Jon Hall does etches for sliding shutters like those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_gauge_novice Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Hi Fat Controller, It looks tempting. There has been the opposite, greek ferry wagons coming to the UK in the 60s so I guess the other way round could also be the case....desicions, desicions.... Cheers Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Oh b*gg*r, not quite the same but close enough, looks like another kit to build for Cadburys ! Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Hi Fat Controller, It looks tempting. There has been the opposite, greek ferry wagons coming to the UK in the 60s so I guess the other way round could also be the case....desicions, desicions.... Cheers Andreas In one of the older Barrowmere Diagram books dedicated to Ferry Wagons, some of the Diagrams have notes (often hand-written) indicating route restrictions to which individual types were subject. The notes for the Greek vehicles included restrictions on the Isle of Wight, Hayling Island and Wenford Bridge lines. I would love to hear how some of these restrictions came about: did someone send an OSR van to Wenford Bridge to pick up bagged china clay, only for it to get stuck between two buildings..? The Barrowmere books are to be found here:- http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/Prototype.html The one to look at is this one : British Railways - Ferry Vehicles Diagram Book contributed by Clive Mortimore of this parish. It's a lot earlier than the other Ferry Wagon books, and has some fascinating drawings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 No reason that they couldn't have worked as far as Greece, or anywhere else in Europe which used standard-gauge track, though whether they did is another matter. I have seen other BR Ferry vehicles in Italy, whilst someone saw a BR Ferry Van in what was then Yugoslavia. Certainly no reason why not, although British owned ferry wagons (and particularly BR administration owned) were relatively thin on the ground - until these LWB 'UIC-ORE type 3' vans were built the Brits had always provided the boats and the linkspans and continental railways the rolling stock (with a few notable exceptions). I've certainly seen photo's of a BR VIX at Bad Shandau on the German/Czechoslovakian border, and in Stuttgart RBf. There were quite strict rules on ferry vans in the UK - the priority was to return them to the continent PDQ, and they could be back-loaded, but only if it was in broadly the right direction i.e. you could send an Italian van to most of southern Europe, but couldn't send it northward to Scandinavia or northern Germany. There were a batch of Greek ferry vans that were shared with Czech and supplied by the UN IIRC? Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Hi Pete, The wagon looks really tempting. By researching I found that it was built starting in 1962. Am I right? Does anybody know how far south in continental Europe these wagons were coming? I would be tempted for my greek theme.... Cheers Andreas There is this example which shows a load of loos for Bagdad - not sure what the correct routing for that would be? http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brferryvan/hF8652F#h66d6c5ca there were two batches of these vans 1962 from Pressed Steel(contractor), and 1963 from Ashford (BR) but I can't say if there were differences between the two types. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammy Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Have seen these in the flesh and there beyond belief Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hi Fat Controller, It looks tempting. There has been the opposite, greek ferry wagons coming to the UK in the 60s so I guess the other way round could also be the case....desicions, desicions.... Cheers Andreas Note this is to 1/43.5 scale, not sure what scale you use but many continental European models are 1/45. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_gauge_novice Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hi Talltim, I know the "problem". French and brass models here are 1/43.5. Lenz, Brawa & Co. do 1/45. I do all my scratch building in 1/43.5 so are all my locos. Cheers Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushType4 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Put me down for two please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Well after taking advantage of the un seasonal weather the Vix model has been primed with Acid Etch primer just need to get some Bauxite paint and then I can get here ready for decals. Pete 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
0_gauge_novice Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Most excellent!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 There is this example which shows a load of loos for Bagdad - not sure what the correct routing for that would be? http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brferryvan/hF8652F#h66d6c5ca there were two batches of these vans 1962 from Pressed Steel(contractor), and 1963 from Ashford (BR) but I can't say if there were differences between the two types. Jon Jon, The scroll irons were different. I think the kit is of the earlier type, I'll check out my pictures.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Over the New Year period during a short Dry time I managed to add some colour to the Vix kit when I get chance if the weather allows I will try to get some gloss varnish on the model ready for the decals. Pete 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian G Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Pete would you concider selling the chassis on its own? Ian G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 Ian I would certanly sell the frames as a seperate kit I can think of several wagon types that the frames could be used for as in real life. I'm exhibiting Peters Street 4mm Layout at the Stafford show 6th & 7th and I will have the wagon with me if anyone wants a look? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian G Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Pete Thank you, and yes lots of different wagons. Ian G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franco Crosti Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 No reason that they couldn't have worked as far as Greece, or anywhere else in Europe which used standard-gauge track, though whether they did is another matter. I have seen other BR Ferry vehicles in Italy, whilst someone saw a BR Ferry Van in what was then Yugoslavia. The question as to which British ferry vehicles appeared in Italy has appeared on an Italian forum. Can you remember which ones you saw? http://www.forum-duegieditrice.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=99375 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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