RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2020 Progress as of this morning. The roof is just loose fitted while i complete the interior. I also need to add decals to the windows and exterior along woth a grey panel near the brake end. Not sure if there is one on both sides though??? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted May 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2020 yes there should be a panel on both sides. It should be for chalking destinations markings but I can't remember seeing them on BCKs.. baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2020 Cheers for that. Grey panel added to each side. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Looking very good Ian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Thanks John. Just need to tidy it up a little, number it and add the end/roof handrails. Bit stuck on how they are routed on the roof as not many pictures are from above the coach. Looks like on the brake end they extend to the 3rd vent, and return down the other side. There might also be a small grab rail, just cant properly make it out. The other end is a mystery too. Edited May 8, 2020 by ianLMS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 10, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Completed coach. Will weather it before it makes its way to the layout. Few areas could have been better but i'm quite pleased with how it turned out. Thank you to John and Baz for your help and guidance. I really appreciated it!! Edited May 10, 2020 by ianLMS 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Ian Another lovely piece of modelling and far more satisfying than opening a box 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 11, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) Way more satisfying. Even though its not perfect, its something i've built and enjoyed every minute. I won 2 more LMS BSL kits off Ebay last night for £11 inc postage but these have wooden roofs so will need to find the correct aluminium ones or buy Comet ones. Baz also very generously gifted me a part kit for a 65ft Vestibule Dining car which also needs roof and underframe to finish. Should keep me busy for a few months. Now going to finish my Coal Tank i started now i have a new set of mainframes from Alan Gibson, paint my Vickers Light Tank for the Bachmann Parrot wagon and start on a couple of Ratio coaches i found in my kit drawer! Edited May 11, 2020 by ianLMS 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted June 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2020 As i was waiting for the paint to dry on the fourth and last of my Ratio Sheffield suburban set, I decided to make a start on the BSL 65ft Vestibule 1st coach which Barry so very kindly donated to my cause. Comet underframe has been constructed, plasticard floor added, vents for the roof and now making a start of the roof strips and interior. I found some white metal coach seats online so have those which I will use for the seating and will fabricate the tables etc from plasticard. I also have lamps for the tables and I am sure I can make some curtains from Rizzla papers. I note earlier in the post these were coupled with 50ft kitchen cars so will now be on the look out for one of those. Probably end up buying a full kit from Comet. All I need now is a layout big enough to run all of these coaches!! At the most mine will handle a loco with 5 coaches behind.' Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted June 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2020 Ian they were Restaurant Unclassified (RU) by name. Sounds like a good start though. If you can find an old Stanier 50' BG and some sides you could bodge a 50' FK. Mine are both ex BSL Pd III but I do have a PdI/II FK to rebuild. Baz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted June 25, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2020 Here is the pic of progress so far. Just working on the interior before priming everything. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted June 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2020 Very good ! By the way you are well on with your first Westdale kit.. interiors look very nice,. Shall I send my two over to you to refurb the interiors? Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted June 26, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2020 Thanks Barry but im pretty sure you would do a much better job of it!!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted June 26, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2020 you put a lot of better detail in them than I do...and , at least one of my two have no table lamps..which is very noticeable! Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted June 27, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2020 I got them from Dart castings when i ordered the bogies for the Ratio coaches. Got 16 in the pack so enough to do this coach anyway 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted June 29, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 29, 2020 Body and interior painted and just waiting for it to dry before glazing, door handkes and final assembly then lining etc. I put a white top to the seats as i assumed they would have had a cloth covering the head rest. It wont really be seen so not too worried if its 100% accurate. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted July 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2020 Completed and added to the other BSL coach. Now looking for the 50ft kitchen car and will also start work on the other 2 BSL coaches i have. Lining was completed in the end by the bow pen as i could not get the transfers to sit straight. Glass is microscope slides. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted July 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2020 Very nice and looks good in that livery. My two are boring BR livery ones! Note no curtains or lamps.. they will be done eventually.. Baz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted July 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Thank you Baz. I hope i did your kit justice!!! Curtains were cut out from old Rizzla papers left over from my days as a smoker coloured with a red sharpie and glued in place using krystal klear. I think i did a much better job on the roof this time. Used strips of insulating tape instead of styrene! Edited July 13, 2020 by ianLMS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted August 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2020 Almost finished the BSL 57ft Brake 3rd (forgot the vac hoses) and now on my 60ft corridor composite. These kits had the wood roofs which after rubbing down and sealing with Shellac, they turned out ok. Both use Comet underframes and i also got a reel of roof tape which looks much better. Will post pics up later in week. I also have a comet 50ft kitchen car to complete and on the look out for a open 1st or 3rd to complete the set (that will fit on the layout). Need a much bigger room so i can build a full prototypical set of coaches!!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted August 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2020 Contained in one of the kits was a useful list of Stanier type coaches BSL produced with references to Railway Modeller articles! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted August 31, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2020 Latest 2 additions to the rake of BSL coaches. The 60ft composite corridor d1925 and 57ft brake third d1905. Both with wood roofs and comet underframes. Now in the process of building the comet 50ft kitchen car. I could do with another open but the layout wouldnt handle that length of train so this might have to do. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted October 6, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2020 At last I have managed to complete my rake of BSL/Comet coaches to accompany my Jamieson Jubilee on a trip around the layout. The final coach I built was a Comet 50' Kitchen Car D1912 and goes nicely with the four BSL coaches. I wish I had room for a more prototypical formation, but at the moment, 5 coaches is about the maximum my layout can handle. Maybe one day I will have room to build a 30' layout, but I think the wife may have something to say about that! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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