Rick_Skateboard Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Hello all. Can anyone recommend a carriage scratchbuilder to make three carriages for which there are no RTR models or kits available? Cheers Rick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
86902 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 What carriages are you after making Rick? Cheers Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 What scale are you working in? Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_Skateboard Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 4mm scale. The three carriages are all pre 1923 grouping. Rick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Not giving much away are you. More information would help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campaman Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 A search on here for the user Coachman, he may be able to help Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Larry doesn't do scratchbuilding. If I may suggest, (assuming you have drawings and photographs of your intended prototype and Bill Bedford doesn't already cover it) what about asking someone like Allen Dohety at Worsley Works to etch up a part kit or major components? Two advantages to that - firstly, if you want any more they'll still be available from Allen and secondly you're much more likely to find someone to build up the resultant parts. t-b-g of this parish published an MRJ article on building some 4 wheelers (were they NSR) from Allen's etches some time ago, so he clearly does that kind of work for a start. I haven't had anything from Allen for a while but his rates were always very reasonable. No connection other than as a satisfied customer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted January 28, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2016 I still think more details would be helpful from the OP. It would help establish if there are any published and reasonable drawings available of the prototype as a starting point. If not then I guess it is going to be down to someone with a set of personal drawings from whichever source. Pre-grouping could cover almost anything from London and Birmingham 1840s coaches ( I do have one perhaps dubious drawing) to say GCR Barnham coaches - various sources. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_Skateboard Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Good evening. Thanks for the replies. I should have been more specific! The carriages are the ones that ran in the original Royal Scotsman train. One is an ex Caledonian Railway observation carriage, one is an LNWR clerestory kitchen carriage and the last is a GNR teak family saloon. I have a drawing for the GNR carriage but none for the other two. I do however have detailed photos of all three carriages from when I worked on them at Crewe. Hopefully this information will be useful. I have searched the internet, but not found an ideal scratchbuilder to take on an awkward one off prototype. Cheers, Rick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Rick If you want those scratch built you will need two main things Deep Pockets and a lot of Patients as they will not be cheap and they will not be quick to build. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Your best bet might be to look at drawing and cutting out on a silhouette cameo cutter. A talk with Andy "uax6" of this parrish who has a passion for LNWR dinning and kitchen cars and coach drawing in general might help. I'm not suggesting he could/would do it but he might be able to give you some advice in directions you hadn't thought of. Don't be put off I've taught my self to use the drawing program Ink scape and have found that its opened up possibility I hadn't thought of before. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I believe etchings for the GNR saloon are available on this page as BCK0426 D.45D, unless your drawings shows something completely different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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