Lyddrail Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Brian, Holmethorpe (near Redhill) facility used roof removed BIS hoppers due to the loading plant. They also used mixed in Railease PGAs ex Redmire type until closure. I have pictures of these but not taken by me. Cheers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
donny rovers Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 06/07/2019 at 13:20, Winter123 said: Great stuff. This must be a Donny thing!! Maybe but I live in cornwall lol but I am a donny rover fan lol 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysollis1 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) On 15/05/2019 at 16:26, Winter123 said: So I just thought I'd share my efforts on this subject. I can hardly claim a scratch build here because I've used the basic Hornby PGA wagon together with the modified Shapeways roof canopy and attached etched ladder and overhead decals. There are two types of material you can get for the roof. A white versatile plastic version is about £15 and the one I used was made of smooth fine detail plastic for about £22. I went for the finer material as the write up claimed the intricate detail of the mechanism was more defined (which it is). I managed to get the base wagon for about £7.50 a few years ago so with Tamiya matt white spray the total cost was about £32 which is the same as (in my opinion) the gold standard PGA (Cavalex). The original Hornby model is very rare as it was only released for one year, I believe 1991, and now goes for ridiculous amounts on auction sites (the last I saw was £84 for 3!!). I wish they would re-release it, even though it is completely inaccurate as it would be great to make a small rake. I don't think BIS ever had PGA versions so I though I'd have a crack at improving what I had. Haven't gone for major accuracy and still have to change the PGA to PAA decals. Anyway hope this is of interest Hi, thanks for your kind comments. I am the guy behind NB3DM and the designer. Just to clarify, the white tops are an earlier version (pre preservation of the real item) and the super detail version was post preservation when I could start to crawl over one. To be compared to Cavalex is quite pleasing. Many thanks.. there are now 5 versions. Single door open and closed (for any static ones) dual door open and closed and also a 5th no door. Some of these were converted to PGA (see Paul Bartletts web site) but only one survives in preservation which is BIS 7954. i have also now released this I N gauge to fit the Graham Farish model hopper (there is still some artistic licensing with the body side supports on the original models sadly) im also working on an O gauge one produced by SimonBRBlue who’s done an excellent job in 7mm. I’ve three to build and just about done number 1 the artwork is my own, but the arrangement display on the website page quoted is a little wrong in that I modified a PGA so it shows the wrong brake gear etc. But it’s mainly for layout of the transfers. hope this helps. andy NB3DM Edited July 26, 2019 by andysollis1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave parker Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 24/07/2019 at 05:35, andysollis1 said: Hi, thanks for your kind comments. I am the guy behind NB3DM and the designer. Just to clarify, the white tops are an earlier version (pre preservation of the real item) and the super detail version was post preservation when I could start to crawl over one. To be compared to Cavalex is quite pleasing. Many thanks.. there are now 5 versions. Single door open and closed (for any static ones) dual door open and closed and also a 5th no door. Some of these were converted to PGA (see Paul Bartletts web site) but only one survives in preservation which is BIS 7954. i have also now released this I N gauge to fit the Graham Farish model hopper (there is still some artistic licensing with the body side supports on the original models sadly) im also working on an O gauge one produced by SimonBRBlue who’s done an excellent job in 7mm. I’ve three to build and just about done number 1 the artwork is my own, but the arrangement display on the website page quoted is a little wrong in that I modified a PGA so it shows the wrong brake gear etc. But it’s mainly for layout of the transfers. hope this helps. andy NB3DM Hi Andy Where do you obtain the closed door kits for this wagon thanks Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysollis1 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Hi Dave, sorry don’t get email notes at work that you had posted. Just replied to your PM, but all the tops (with and without doors, single and double versions) are all available in N and OO on the Northern Bridge 3D models shop at Shapeways. https://www.shapeways.com/shops/NB3DM andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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