Nile's NG Modelling

[Keith Addenbrooke]

20 hours ago, Nile said:

Not having any real need for more 009 stock doesn't stop me tinkering with it. One thing I've wanted to try was reducing the height of the Chivers Innisfail Tramway coach, which looked a bit tall to me compared to my other stock. This turned out fairly easy to do as there is a raised section at the top that can be removed by running a blade along its edge as a guide. This leaves a door 5'6" high.

 

Some comparison photos with one I built earlier.

 

Now painted. The brake pipes came from Peco wagon.

 

I happened to have a Peco GVT brake van in plain red livery, so I tried painting it in a matching livery (Humbrol 62 and Railmatch BR crimson if you must know).

Excellent.

[Reno]

That looks much better, you could even try reducing the thickness of the roof on a test piece just to see how that comes out too....

[Nile]

I've obtained a few of the plain red Peco coaches for painting into a matching livery. Here's one of each type.

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Nile

[otty]

16 hours ago, Nile said:

I've obtained a few of the plain red Peco coaches for painting into a matching livery. Here's one of each type.

 

Those are very nice

 

Baz

[Nile]

More four wheel coaches have been painted, and I've now added some HMRS transfers for some decoration.

 

 

All the four wheelers (so far) together.

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Nile

[Nile]

I had another two of these coaches and decided to emulate what some railways did with their old 4 wheelers by gluing them together to make a bogie coach.

 

 

One roof had to be trimmed where they join in the middle, they could then be glued together. I added a strip of metal to the underside to re-enforce the joint. This needed a notch to be cut in the middle wall for clearance.

 

 

I carved off the original rain strips and made new ones from micro-rod.

 

 

The underside had some re-enforcing trusses added (brass rod) plus brake detail from various bits. The bogies are from a Chivers Innisfail coach with 5.5mm wheels fitted, this gives a ride height that matches the other coaches. The footboards were glued to the underside after the brake parts were removed from them.

 

 

The finished coach with matching brake van.

 

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Nile

[Compound2632]

You could ring the changes and have a bogie carriage with a brake end. Or stick three together to get something of L&B proportions - but that's probably going beyond the aesthetic (and curvature) of the layout!

[Nile]

The brake may happen, if I can find the right model. As for sticking 3 together, apart from being a bit long that would also be an expensive coach.

[Compound2632]

5 minutes ago, Nile said:

As for sticking 3 together, apart from being a bit long that would also be an expensive coach.

 

Ah, yes, so I see. Compared to one of their L&B carriages, with these freelance shorties you get 29% of the carriage for 58% of the price (at Hattons prices). It would clearly be more economical to saw up the L&B carriages to make shorter ones...

[Chris Williamson]

Would it be a little less expensive and possibly easier to make these Pairs coaches using the Dundas kits - albeit that they don't produce a a kit that's a direct equivalent to the Peco Brake?  Just a thought.

[Nile]

Using Dundas kits would be the sensible thing to do, which is probably why I didn't.

[Nile]

I eventually found another red brake van and coach, which meant the inevitable happened.

 

 

 

The two combined bogie coaches:

 

 

 

Into service:

 

 

Happy new year  .

Edited April 1, 2022 by Nile

[TangoOscarMike]

On 31/12/2021 at 17:47, Nile said:

I eventually found another red brake van and coach, which meant the inevitable happened.

That wasn't just inevitable, it was necessary. It would have be wrong not to do it!

[Chris Williamson]

Such lovely work!  Do you already have a post describing how you achieve such a precise finish to the paintwork?   There's not a wavy line in sight, anywhere, which leads me to suspect either a cunning technique or witchcraft. 

[Nile]

Thanks Chris. I merely used the existing panels lines as guides. The overall brown colour was painted first, trying to avoid the red panels. As the base colour was already red I could paint the panels with thinned BR crimson, allowing the paint to flow into the corners.