dana Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Love the British Rail route.master on Oxford die cast site . It could have been used for London City service Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Very nice model how did you do the conversion? I'm building one just now, rather than modify the body I opted to scratch build it with plasticard. It may not be 100% perfect but will look ok I hope. Razor saw to reduce the height. Drill and file the windows, and a new door from plastic card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Quick question where can you buy British Rail transfers for yellow lorries and vans? Also does anyone make the scotrail version black lettering on light blue background? Scotrail not available. But the British Rail with double arrow is available, can't remember who , but the usual transfer people may have them. I do my own on clear transfer paper, using the British Rail font downloaded from the net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Love the British Rail route.master on Oxford die cast site . It could have been used for London City service Got me there ? What British Rail (Routemaster ?) is this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley47708 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Very nice model how did you do the conversion? I'm building one just now, rather than modify the body I opted to scratch build it with plasticard. It may not be 100% perfect but will look ok I hope. Now kicking myself I did not buy the body for this at Perth on Saturday when I bought the Oxford BRS lorry, for those not familiar with Road Transport Images I think you can buy the cab, chassis, body etc seperatly http://www.roadtransportimages.com/search-results?isc=1&searchword=british%20crew&ordering=xf3 Oxford Ford would need shortened for body to fit, but that was of the type I saw more often. To answer the post 're transfers i think road transport images do transfers although not ScotRail ones. Am thinking use light blue stripes for Fox and then black ScotRail lettering from Fox, Replica or any other manufacturers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Now kicking myself I did not buy the body for this at Perth on Saturday when I bought the Oxford BRS lorry, for those not familiar with Road Transport Images I think you can buy the cab, chassis, body etc seperatly http://www.roadtransportimages.com/search-results?isc=1&searchword=british%20crew&ordering=xf3 Oxford Ford would need shortened for body to fit, but that was of the type I saw more often. To answer the post 're transfers i think road transport images do transfers although not ScotRail ones. Am thinking use light blue stripes for Fox and then black ScotRail lettering from Fox, Replica or any other manufacturers. RTI do all their vehicles as modules; cab, chassis, body etc; you need only buy the bits you want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dana Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Got me there ? What British Rail (Routemaster ?) is this. http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/RM102%20British%20Rail.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Waverley47708 brilliant thank you that's most helpfull transfers ordered from them along with a body so I can do a second lorry later on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/RM102%20British%20Rail.htm Not seen that before ! 100% fiction as Routemasters were only ever bought new by London Transport in that form. British Railways stopped using that livery in 1963, many years before any Routemasters were sold by LT. And of course British Railways never ran bus services (except Sheffield) But I bet these will be seen on lots of layouts outside the station, or even on the bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2015 http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/RM102%20British%20Rail.htm Looks like a very bad 'interpretation' of the Reading Mainline livery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Two recent additions to the collection. Both from Frank Waller's RTI kits. The recently introduced Austin A40 van represents a LMR service vehicle from The Grove at Watford. The Commer BF van, converted to a minibus and represents a Civil Engineers vehicle based at Rhyl. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Here is my work in progress crew van Oxford die cast cab and chassis. Scratch built body. Be kind it's not finished yet and it's my first attempt at scratch building. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil R Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Regarding the earlier discussion on Bachmann's forthcoming model 38-119 Bristol VRT bus in DM&EE blue/yellow, I emailed EFE about the colour scheme and their reply is reproduced below. Hello Phil Thank you for your email and comments, sorry for the delay in replying to you. We certainly found it a little confusing when looking at few images of this bus as to what colour it is, but after discussing it with several people who had first hand experience of seeing this bus, we chose blue as it was what they suggested. We hope this allays your concerns and thank you again for your email. Thank You Frank Joyce From the team at EFE Seems fair enough to me. Also very impressed that they replied. Emailed a multinational and a little shop about 3 months ago, despite assurances they had received my email and it would be dealt with not heard anything back, so well done to EFE. Regards Phil 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) Regarding the earlier discussion on Bachmann's forthcoming model 38-119 Bristol VRT bus in DM&EE blue/yellow, I emailed EFE about the colour scheme and their reply is reproduced below. Hello Phil Thank you for your email and comments, sorry for the delay in replying to you. We certainly found it a little confusing when looking at few images of this bus as to what colour it is, but after discussing it with several people who had first hand experience of seeing this bus, we chose blue as it was what they suggested. We hope this allays your concerns and thank you again for your email. Thank You Frank Joyce From the team at EFE Seems fair enough to me. Also very impressed that they replied. Emailed a multinational and a little shop about 3 months ago, despite assurances they had received my email and it would be dealt with not heard anything back, so well done to EFE. Regards Phil I have 7 colour pictures of one and 5 of the other bus and on none of the photos is there any hint of blue, all are certainly grey. The grey looks as though it may be the darker grey as used on the Railfreight triple grey livery. Unfortunately no photo I took myself, but many can be found on 'flickr' Last time I contacted EFE about a railway vehicle colour, it was too late to change "it's on the ship" but they appreciated my input. Merf. Edited July 8, 2015 by Merfyn Jones 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Given a choice between different photographs and people memories I would work to the photos first as Merfyn has said there are several photos on the web (presumably where they got the graphic from) and clearly they all show the bus a grey bit if an own goal I think on the part of EFE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2015 There was a photo of one in blue on a Facebook model bus group. There is at least two or three such buses going by the registrations and other differences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyddrail Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I would say dark grey fadding to a lighter grey. I think there were only two one "D. of M.& E.E." and the other "Plant & Machinery". I have a picture in a "BR Plant & Machinery on British Railways" guide that shows "Special Training Vehicle" of the D of M&EE version looking a medium grey. I can't find a date in the guide. The one photo I took was not of the bus but a Ballast Cleaner in Ashford PAD in 1989 which shows the Plant & Machinery version in the far distance. In this it looks medium grey. Cheers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 10, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2015 Rail blue did tend to fade to a greyish shade and so appear to be grey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I need no excuse to flaunt this very interesting image of Galashiels in 1971. http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=45247 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Great shot Chard, a standard rig of the period. Bedford TKE with a BR design 5ton trailer. Would this be the trunk unit to fetch the sundries and parcels from the nearest railhead after the line closed ? Merf. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Great shot Chard, a standard rig of the period. Bedford TKE with a BR design 5ton trailer. Would this be the trunk unit to fetch the sundries and parcels from the nearest railhead after the line closed ? Merf. I'm guessing so, Merf. At least Gala and Hawick were still functioning as parcel hubs at this time. Possibly St Boswells too. I'd love to know more about the fleet, garages and allocations in this period when the railway had ceased to be, in everything but name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Searle Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Question. Were the red BR arrows common on NCL vehicles & trailers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Question. Were the red BR arrows common on NCL vehicles & trailers? Answer No, not common. They were red, black, or not used at all. Probably local use for the ex BR work. More often seen on the unit cab doors than the trailers from the photos I have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Answer No, not common. They were red, black, or not used at all. Probably local use for the ex BR work. More often seen on the unit cab doors than the trailers from the photos I have. Arrows of Regret in the rail-less Borders I reckon.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 The Commer PB was a whitemetal by Roxey, their only 4mm kit. Yes the Fleetline in NSE livery was for bridge work, based at Croydon, possibly to replace the Bedford TK that Oxford do. Note no seats on top ! Merfyn. GHV90N a.jpg Merfyn looking back though this forum I note you have photos of the NSE fleetline bus, I am currently building one of these do you have any pictures showing the interior and top deck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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