Waveydavey Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 That’s nice Jon. Very similar to one I photographed at Tyne Yard about 15 years ago. On the subject of this van being under width (I’ve seen 0.8 and 1mm quoted) does anybody have the dimension for the width of the body and where the lack of width is on the ends in relation to the two uprights. Straight down the middle would be the easiest to remedy so Sods Law says it won’t be there. Most of the drawings I’ve found give an overall width dimension which covers the width over the door runners rather than the body itself although I’ve not tracked down the drawing from the MRC Annual 1985 yet. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 0.8 - 1mm narrow I can live with, even in EM... steve 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waveydavey Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Normally I’d agree Steve even in P4 but, to my eye, the Triang VIX looks much thinner than the 0.8mm quoted suggests. ISTR the width overall checks out OK but the door runners are hugely over scale to allow them to be openable. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Hi Chaps, How about this for a conversion subject: I know what is it, do you ? Gibbo. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2020 49 minutes ago, Waveydavey said: Normally I’d agree Steve even in P4 but, to my eye, the Triang VIX looks much thinner than the 0.8mm quoted suggests. ISTR the width overall checks out OK but the door runners are hugely over scale to allow them to be openable. That could be the reason for the narrow bodies, to compensate for the oversize door runners. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 On 16/12/2020 at 21:05, Gibbo675 said: Hi Chaps, How about this for a conversion subject: I know what is it, do you ? Gibbo. It's got some funny suspension - research vehicle? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 17 hours ago, Railfreight1998 said: It's got some funny suspension - research vehicle? KDB787319 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brferryvan/e6f418759 ex HSFV4 research for suspension, High Speed Freight Vehicles. Paul 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 4 hours ago, hmrspaul said: KDB787319 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brferryvan/e6f418759 ex HSFV4 research for suspension, High Speed Freight Vehicles. Paul Hi Paul, Correct ! Your photographs definitely shew it in happier times. It is currently languishing at the Eden Valley Railway in Warcop along with various other item of painted scrap ! Gibbo. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 In 1990 still in Research Livery and by 1995 the S&T had it! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Just need the suspension to be available - although I have a feeling someone has done it as a 3d print. I think this is the best known of the experimental suspensions fitted to ferry vans, but I think the batch of VDA's built with taperlight were different? Jon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf27 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 3 hours ago, jonhall said: Just need the suspension to be available - although I have a feeling someone has done it as a 3d print. I think this is the best known of the experimental suspensions fitted to ferry vans, but I think the batch of VDA's built with taperlight were different? Jon Looks quite simple to scratchbuild. Certainly easier than the Trib van RDB990000 S2880010 by Shane Wilton, on Flickr 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 This is/was a really inspiring thread and one that I “bookmarked” for inspiration for upgrading my own collection of Triang ferry vans… However the Great RMWeb Server Crash has robbed the thread of most of the images! Is there any possibility of the (many) contributors restoring their photos into the thread, please? (A huge ask, I know, but would make this so useful again) And I know Rapido have brought out an all singing all dancing version* making upgrading the older models redundant - except the factor of the cost makes upgrading mightily attractive for a rake! Steve S * I admit I have purchased one to act as a “template” to work towards when upgrading my Triang models! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2023 Pics restored - well, mine anyway. Cheers Darius 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Many thanks to @Darius43 for restoring images to this (and his PWA Van) thread - RMWeb is so much richer for them. Steve S 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 24/02/2023 at 10:33, SteveyDee68 said: This is/was a really inspiring thread and one that I “bookmarked” for inspiration for upgrading my own collection of Triang ferry vans… However the Great RMWeb Server Crash has robbed the thread of most of the images! Is there any possibility of the (many) contributors restoring their photos into the thread, please? (A huge ask, I know, but would make this so useful again) And I know Rapido have brought out an all singing all dancing version* making upgrading the older models redundant - except the factor of the cost makes upgrading mightily attractive for a rake! Steve S * I admit I have purchased one to act as a “template” to work towards when upgrading my Triang models! Although I started the thread I didn't post much. I detailed three in the end much the same as Darius has since done. One I did post is the Dave Larking photo of the black one. Here Dave. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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