hartleymartin Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I'm thinking of building a couple of the GWR 4-wheel coaches for a light railway type layout. Anyone else built one before? Any tips/hints? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I'm thinking of building a couple of the GWR 4-wheel coaches for a light railway type layout. Anyone else built one before? Any tips/hints? I've got a couple that I intend to build for use as a miners' Paddy train on my Cwm Bach layout. The instructions look straightforward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted July 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2014 See my modelling blog starting here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/236-redgates-modelling/?st=30 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 As coach kits go, they are quite straightforward. I don't know of any 7mm scale coach kits that fall together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 The GWR brake 3rd is the one I'll go for first. It's a pretty close match for the coach used in the later years of the Easingwold Railway. It'll go nicely with my Hudswell Clarke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I'm thinking of building a couple of the GWR 4-wheel coaches for a light railway type layout. Anyone else built one before? Any tips/hints? I built a rake a couple of years ago and, as far as I can remember, they were no real problem at all. I had a bit of a game with blending the guards ducket into the side, but otherwise they are about as good as it gets. Excuse the unflattering close up of the ducket junction I struggled to get a decent finish on, it looks better from a couple of feet away. There are a couple of things that I would suggest as aids to finishing them, I used a fine tipped black felt marker pen to line the sides, it showed a bit purplish at first but once the sides were varnished it came back to black, it's a very quick way of getting results with a shaky hand! Secondly I felt that the main thing that you see on a coach is the roof, so spent quite a lot of time lifting the gas pipework off the roof, on small Plastikard plinths, to give a degree of relief, the piping was carried out with brass wire, bent to shape following the various routes of the gas pipes. Although I didn't do it, it's also worth considering painting the underframe and sides prior to assembly, as the ends can be painted once the coach is assembled. Dealing with a whole coach, when lining, can be a bit of a pain, and you don't have to wait for one side to dry before dealing with the other. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted July 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2014 The GWR brake 3rd is the one I'll go for first. It's a pretty close match for the coach used in the later years of the Easingwold Railway. It'll go nicely with my Hudswell Clarke. This ensemble ran very well on Coney Hill, the coach could be given the brake end windows the Easingwold one still has at Cannock Chase Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 My plan is to be tricksy with the paint job. Black ends and each side of the coach will be a different coloir to give the illusion that I have more stock. Probably some sort of chocolate brown on one side and tamiya mica red on the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Isambarduk Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 "it's also worth considering painting the underframe and sides prior to assembly," It's very easy to arrange for the frames to be screwed to the body after painting - makes building and painting so much easier. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted July 6, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2014 I just glued the body to the chassis with cyano Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted July 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) This topic has made my mind up and as I have reached a milestone with the layout, I'm taking a break to get the all 3rd coach built to go with the brake third.I've spent an hour tonight getting the basic underframe together - updates will be in my modelling blog. Let's see how fast I can get it done..... EDIT: blog entry started http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/236/entry-14356-slaters-7c04-gwr-s9-4-wheel-all-third-coach/ Edited July 8, 2014 by RedgateModels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norton Wood Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Hi, This might be a little late, however I am told that these Slaters coach kits are a good enough base to replace with other body sides? I am looking to do GER 4 or 6 Wheelers and I'm wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction? Thank you 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 If you have not read David Jenkinson's "Carriage Modelling Made Easy" you may find it not to difficult to make replacement coach sides. I don't know if the Slaters' chassis would be the right dimensions. The only way to find out is to buy a kit, some plasticard and have a go. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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