kintbury jon Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Evening all, What does 99p buy you (+ postage )? This: Don't know why I bid on this pair but I guess my fingers slipped. My son can have a bit of fun with the Triang TPO but i'm wondering whether there's anything I can do with a Southern pride MBSO off a 4CIG. Based on the prices that the kits can go for, i'd have thought someone might have been interested (apart from me) but apparantly not. Seems weird that the coach has separated itself from the rest of the coaches but I guess these things happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Well you did occasionally see "escaped" parts of SR EMUs. I've a photo of a 4-VEP being moved from Ramsgate towards London with its coaches jumbled around another unit as part of an ECS, and also another of a 73 hauling a barrier coach (SR PMV-type van) followed by the non-cab end of the driving coach of a 4-EPB followed by the rest of the EPB coupled cab-to-cab. Rearrange those words into a sentence - it's easier to show the photo than describe it, but I can't access it right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 That's a good shout. Would be interested to see the types of vehicles used in these situations. I've got a few old mark ones that I could fill in the windows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Burn it out (with weathering!) and put it in the scrap yard, saves glazing it 8) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Found the photos of mixed-up EMU coaches. Not great quality, but can't find the originals at the moment. Both at Rochester: 73-barrier-backtofront EPB This is the rear of the train, in fact going towards Ramsgate. Nearest the camera, a VEP driving car, then possibly a 4-CAP (judging by the lack of yellow cabs mid-way down), then what might be a de-icer or an SR-pattern 2-EPB, then the rest of the VEP coaches, Somewhere I'll have the notes showing exactly what. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted March 18, 2010 Author Share Posted March 18, 2010 Interesting photo's - thanks for sharing them. I think I like the idea of something like that. Don't fancy burning it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_R Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Plate the windows up and use it as a barrier wagon, wither that or pull the body off and do something interesting in the 'i made a flat from a coach chassis' department. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian G Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Repaint it into br blue (weathered) then heavly weather it and put COND on the side. Ian G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share Posted March 19, 2010 Based on the bodyworks condition (which is excellent) i'm going to go down the barrier vehicle route. I've got a few spare mark 1's (particularly BSK's) so I might try and fill the windows in and use them as barrier vehicles. They may not be completely prototypical but i'm sure they'd look the part. Maybe spray them departmental grey (or something like that!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Right, i've been busy this weekend and got on with various things. I decided on producing two barrier vehicles using Lima mark ones. I have a few too many BSK's so looked at using them. I then remembered I had a wrecked Lima mark one that I had created out of two coaches - a cut n shut. It was the best ends of two corridor seconds though didn't look good at all. Using some stuff that's used to do body repairs on cars, i've filled in all the windows and doors creating a flush side. I've used a standard BSK for the other vehicle and have sprayed them both grey. Photo's below show the outcome and i'm fairly happy with it. Main thing with this project was I wanted to spend no money on the coaches and just do it with bits I had. I'll take a photo with the CIG coach tomorrow. Any thoughts on potential decals or numbering would be welcome - I do appreciate that these vehicles are ficticious! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Just popped the train together - I think 33101 is a suitable loco for it! There's still a bit of work to do, the CIG body sides are mounted onto a Traing coach body and roof. Plan is to graft some mk 6 motor bogie sides onto the BR1's. Whilst I do have a couple of lima 73 bogies I could hack, are any cast ones available? I'll also need to muster up some detailing parts to the underframe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 You win some you lose some! Saw this on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.u...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT Excellent I thought. What's the chances of finding another Southern pride CIG vehicle (well sides on a Triang coach). Bung that with the centre vehicle and i've got half a CIG. Until it arrived...... The pictures will hopefully show the problem! Side 1: Side 2: I could send it back but for the sake of a few quid I might as well keep it. On my layout you only see one side, so I guess one option is to use a couple of Triang bodysides on the other side thus creating three coaches. I assume these sides are not available as spares! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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