RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2019 Something to work on in between Dreadnoughts... Obtained second hand from eBay this the Hairdressing Saloon coach from the “Flying Scotsman” train. It is in some need of restoration... I have separated the coach body from the chassis and removed most of the chassis “detail” prior to cleaning up the chassis. New battery boxes and brake gear will be added as per the other coaches built recently. I plan to paint it in BR maroon livery, which I suspect it never wore. Does anyone know if this saloon coach ever made it into BR livery? Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Fife Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Evenin'all The hairdressing/cocktail coach is one I'd like, but they seem to go for high prices. They wouldn't be that old after WWII, so I imagine they will have survived, but were probably converted into something else. Malcolm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Tooley Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 They were converted back to ordinary dia 23 thirds during WWII. D 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 31, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2019 Thanks Malcolm and Darryl. It will be a “what if” model in that case. Cheers Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Fife Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Good morning all There are so many "what ifs" around: I like clerestory carriages, but they all disappeared well before WW2. I also like articulated carriages and locos and even wagons (there were several virtually articulated bolster wagons). There was a GCR "What if" 0-10-2T Worsboro' banker H&B 0-6-6-0T banker L&Y 0-6-6-0 Mallet spring to mind. This thread has inspired me to build some of my Kirk kits in my roundtuit cupboard. I am also rebuilding one of my early Kirks, to make the corridor somewhere near the correct width. Thanks for your inspiration, Darius Malcolm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmay2002 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 7 hours ago, Thane of Fife said: I like clerestory carriages, but they all disappeared well before WW2. This is simply not true. On the BR(E) there were NER, GCR. GER, and even one or two ECJS clerestory carriages in service into the early 1950s. (British Railways pre-nationalisation coaching stock Vol1 gives details). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Fife Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 That's very interesting, asmay2002, I've never looked at post-war rolling stock, wrongly assuming that all clerestorys gone long before. Malcolm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 3, 2019 Coach body de-glazed, cleaned up and repainted. New interior constructed from plasticard and spare seats. Cheers Darius 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 8, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2019 Practically completed. Cheers Darius 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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