RMweb Premium Nig H Posted March 30, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hi Nigel, that looks rather nice! Do you have any more photos during construction? How do you do your lining? I've built a couple of coach kits in 2mm, but nothing with lining so far. thanks, Neil Hello, Thanks Neil. I don't have any other photos. The coach is built with plasticard ends and floor/ interior, and a separate underframe unit added when the body is complete. The nickel silver sides were painted and lined for me by Ian Rathbone, who is miles better at it than me. I glaze the sides before gluing to the ends and floor. The roof is 2MM Association, and the fittings are mainly Ultima. All the transfers are Fox. The underframe on this is from a Bill Bedford kit, but I often make my own from plasticard. One of my objectives is to keep the weight down so that my locos can cope with realistic rakes without over-taxing them. 2MM Association wheels and top hat bearings helps with free running too. Hope this helps. Regards, Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nig H Posted March 30, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hi Nigel, that looks rather nice! Do you have any more photos during construction? How do you do your lining? I've built a couple of coach kits in 2mm, but nothing with lining so far. thanks, Neil Neil, I forgot to ask what coaches did you do, and were they kits or what? Regards, Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabber Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Nigel, thanks for lots of useful info there. I forgot to ask what coaches did you do, and were they kits or what? Not much so far. Ultima 42' BGV - an easy start, small windows so no interior, flat sides, no lining. Ultima 50' BG. Working on a couple of Masterclass non-gangwayed kits - lots of door handles to fit. Dining & kitchen cars are on my list of things for the future. All to be used on N track to add variety to N RTR stock. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingleycustom Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 coachmann : These were my words a few months ago. Last weekend I dug out the etched brass Period II sides left over from the Period III build shown earlier and build a coach from bits and bobs. The Hornby dining car roof, interior and bogies were used on this model. They were regarded by the LMS as unclassed, however, I have seen a photo of a Stanier compo diner taken in early BR days with first class window and door markings. I can only assume the LMS or BR gave up on the idea of "unclassed" and used them as proper composite diners instead. This is why my model has window stickers in the First Class section. Coach, I have been tasked with adding the decals to a very well repainted Hornby restaurant car (in BR Crimson and Cream) so I had a trawl through RMWeb and found your excellent blog on these carriages - I had a feeling I'd seen this blog some time ago. As an SR man, I'm not too hot on the details of these vehicles. I was very pleased to find M230M in just the livery, now I know where to position the 'Restaurant Car', 'Kitchen' and number decals - thank you for the guidance. Glenn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted February 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 20, 2014 Glenn if you doany more ex LMS coaches I would recommend buying a copy of the Jenkinson and Essery LMS coaches book. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 They were regarded by' the LMS as unclassed, however, I have seen a photo of a Stanier compo diner taken in early BR days with first class window and door markings. I can only assume the LMS or BR gave up on the idea of "unclassed" and used them as proper composite diners instead. This is why my model has window stickers in the First Class section. WEB LMS D1811 blood & cus A.jpgWEB LMS D1811 blood & cus B.jpg Wouldn't the first class seats have been fitted with antimacassars, readily visible through the windows even on a 4mm model? Certainly on the Southern Region it was normal practice to fit antimacassars to any seat designated 1st class, even temporarily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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