IXO Ford Thames ET6 British Railways

[JCB 3C no.2]

If you want a 1/43  O scale Thames ( Ford Fordson ) ET6 in BR livery with left hand drive and Continental style body your prayers are answered !

Actually it looks quite a nice model.

 

 

Edited August 4, 2020 by JCB 3C no.2

[PhilJ W]

There is several 1/43 models about of the ET6. I have one, an articulated unit with an airport passenger trailer. 

[Giles]

This is the same body, with the back end cut down and scribed with planking to anglicise it.

 

[JCB 3C no.2]

They seem to be doing three UK versions all same body with loads , other liveries are North West Gas  and Raymond Holland Ltd .

 

The airport bus is superb and the fire engine looks  really good ,these are all marketed as Ebro-45 's the Spanish designation when licence built there. Their is also a 'Spar' box van and  a drinks truck in beer and cola liveries , plus what I think is a naval police truck , maybe more.

[PhilJ W]

The other 1/43 ET6 I have seen is the Malta bus from the Atlas part-work. A lovely model with translucent tail lights as well as the usual clear headlights. I do believe this is also produced by IXO.

[fodenway]

There are also versions of the wartime Bedford OW G.S. lorry, and a Bedford J5 coal lorry in French and English liveries. They are easy to convert to RHD if needed, and make ideal conversion candidates. 

[Giles]

Not to mention the Sava/BMC in LHD, also easily converted to RHD 

(Shown here converted, and with a new drop-side body)

 

 

[PhilJ W]

There's another 1/43 part-work series that although only sold in France includes many British prototypes. That is a series of motor caravans/camper vans. Very good models with about a dozen British models including three Bedfords, a couple of Transits as well as such rarities as a Land Rover Dormobile and a Mini Wildgoose. Most have right hand drive and British registrations with the exception of the Commer PB which although RHD has modern German number plates and the Sherpa with LHD and French registration. 

[Fat Controller]

22 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

There is several 1/43 models about of the ET6. I have one, an articulated unit with an airport passenger trailer. 

And if you're wondering what you can do with an airport passenger trailer....John Summers Ltd used them to transport workers from the main gates to the different parts of the huge Shotton steel works. Outside shift changes, the tractors would be used to move steel-carrying trailers.

[Merfyn Jones]

8 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

And if you're wondering what you can do with an airport passenger trailer....John Summers Ltd used them to transport workers from the main gates to the different parts of the huge Shotton steel works. Outside shift changes, the tractors would be used to move steel-carrying trailers.

 

And for anybody modelling B R, they bought a few from British Airways to serve station to ship at Harwich Parkstone Quay. Like the Shotton ones they were Bedford tractor units.

Anybody seen a photo ?

[37114]

The Bedford TK is also available in artic and rigid form and is a lovely model. They are easy to convert to right hand drive and are good models.

[Mike Harvey]

On 05/08/2020 at 11:45, Fat Controller said:

And if you're wondering what you can do with an airport passenger trailer....John Summers Ltd used them to transport workers from the main gates to the different parts of the huge Shotton steel works. Outside shift changes, the tractors would be used to move steel-carrying trailers.

 

Were the John Summers artics from the two austerity bodied trailers built by Roe on Dyson chassis and supplied to Liverpool Corporation in May1942? They used Bedford OXC tractor units. I did see a video of the Shotton ones once.

[JCB 3C no.2]

On 05/08/2020 at 11:45, Fat Controller said:

And if you're wondering what you can do with an airport passenger trailer....John Summers Ltd used them to transport workers from the main gates to the different parts of the huge Shotton steel works. Outside shift changes, the tractors would be used to move steel-carrying trailers.

Shotton steel works in O scale , now their's a project 

[xliverpoollad]

Re  Mike Harvey's  query last Friday.    The two Dyson/Roe trailers quote  "... entered service in 1942 .... and were withdrawn in 1944 and converted into canteens in 1945, surviving in this form until 1960 ..."    ref Liverpool Transport  Vol 4 p154