4mm Farish Pullman cars

[David_Belcher]

So, finally took the plunge and started lining out the final car of the set, which came unfinished from the GF factory. The HMRS Pressfix transfers don't allow much room for error and are perhaps a bit too sticky for their own good resulting in umpteen attempts and frayed patience. I had old episodes of Friday Night Dinner running on All4 for background noise; it's a wonder I didn't end up using the late, great Paul Ritter's infamous catchphrase for my own means whilst using that transfer sheet...

 

David

[David_Belcher]

Finally done on both sides. Just the crests, branding and number panels (as Car 161) to do now.

 

Glad I haven't got any more of these to line out!!

 

David

[kevinlms]

On 10/07/2020 at 06:50, David_Belcher said:

Thanks for posting, Fred. IIRC there were 3 phases - the 50s acetate & mazak ones that warped, the 60s ones with styrene bodies/underframes but diecast bogies & battery boxes that didn't warp, and finally the 70s styrene ones that had a lot more plastic content in the chassis.

 

David

Found a date for you, if case you weren't aware.

 

In Railway Modeller 1962 September  Page 247 is a news item entitled 'A welcome return', where it states that the Pullman cars 'are also reintroduced, with some improvements. The bodies are lighter and the bogies freer running, while a more stable plastic has been used for the mouldings. The faults of the earlier models have therefore been overcome, and the price is now reduced to only 15/9'.

[Il Grifone]

Rather than "more stable", it's a case of stable against unstable.  

I do have one (Lydia) that hasn't warped much, but it  has split on one corner due either to shrinkage of the body or expansion of the chassis (or both?). It also has both bogies - a major survival!

Freer running bogies would not have required much! but the later bogies have pin-point bearings - metal axles in plastic frames, but you can't have everything! IIRC the 1962 version still had plain bearings - metal axle running in nylon internal bearings. The contact area is much less however.

[David_Belcher]

On 08/06/2021 at 04:32, kevinlms said:

Found a date for you, if case you weren't aware.

 

In Railway Modeller 1962 September  Page 247 is a news item entitled 'A welcome return', where it states that the Pullman cars 'are also reintroduced, with some improvements. The bodies are lighter and the bogies freer running, while a more stable plastic has been used for the mouldings. The faults of the earlier models have therefore been overcome, and the price is now reduced to only 15/9'.

Thanks. I did have a "2nd era" styrene car with the diecast bogies/battery boxes years ago (as a kitchen car for a 1980s Hornby K-type brake and parlour, as Margate never did a kitchen), foolishly sold it. All of my current GF ones I think date from the 3rd all-plastic era.

 

David