Dad-1 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I'm in the process of making a few wagons and need to know what range of numbers were used on Horse & Groom vans as well as the early build of Beetles. Is there an affordable book matching vehicle numbers to diagrams for GWR stock, NPCS as well as basic freight ? A GWR equivalent of Don Rowland's first half million BR book ?? Or perhaps somebody with a large library could help me with a few numbers. My plan is for 3-4 Horse & Groom and a couple of Early Beetles, I have numbers for later build Beetles. Hoping someone can help, and thanks for reading and extra thanks for any information. Geoff T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2016 Jim Russell's coach book volume 2 the appendix has brown vehicles in it.If you give me the diagrams I can check for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad-1 Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Hi gwrrob, I will check to see how much those books go for....... My Horse & Grooms vans will be a mixture of Parkside Dundas and butchered Lima. The Beetles are Parkside Dundas who suggest numbers, I assume for the 1926 build sequence only, as in with the PC64 instructions. My 1909 'X' braced end version PC67 was obtained without instructions (second-hand) and I'm assuming used an earlier and lower number run. I hate myself for it but I'm drifting towards rivet counting !! Geoff T.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2016 http://www.gwr.org.uk/probeetle.html The diagram W7 build of 1909 had numbers from 981 to 1000.I must admit a liking to these vehicles and fancy doing the kit myself. Perhaps someone can verify the numbers here as Jim's books are well known for typos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad-1 Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Thanks for that gwrrob. Dozy so & so I am I see I forgot to mention the Diagram codes for the horse & grooms vans. Parkside Dundas (still to be obtained) is N.13, The butchered Lima will be N.16. By the end of the weekend I hope to have both Beetles decalled. Geoff T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Great Western Journal 5 part articles - GWR Horse Traffic and Horseboxes, in issues 76,78, 79, 81,82 by John Lewis contains the details of all the GWR horse boxes built and their workings. Mike Wiltshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad-1 Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Ahhh Thanks for that Coach bogie, And all still available, time for the credit card !! The action so far :- Lots more painting, decalling and weathering but at least these 3 are rolling A shame the HMRS GW decals are slightly too large for the panels of the Beetles, but a slight trim & I'll get away with them. Geoff T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2016 If you fail to find any of the numbers it may be worth contacting John Lewis via the HMRS website (GWR rolling stock steward) as he probably has the information. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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