RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 They do period motorcycles too http://www.autocraft.plus.com/page37.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) Aargh! Sidecars! I was trying to pretend that I don't have one stashed away! Edited June 26, 2021 by MrWolf Picture no attach! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Aargh! Sidecars! I was trying to pretend that I don't have one stashed away! paint it red and staple it to the side of a Ducati I actually think classic bikes with sidecars are pretty cool Edited June 26, 2021 by chuffinghell 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) I’ve ordered couple more vans one of which is a later 1934 Austin I’m not sure on the colour to go for though as I think the blue was perhaps a bit to ‘loud’ for the thirties maybe? If I go for a lighter colour I could design and print my own transfers like I did for @Mick Bonwick’s land rovers Edited June 26, 2021 by chuffinghell 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 Looks right at home 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) The other advantage to using cars/vans of the period is that they were smaller than cars of today so my yard doesn’t look as cramped Although you won’t get many bags of coal on this 1931 Morris flatbed Edited June 26, 2021 by chuffinghell 13 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 What's Father Christmas got in his sack - hopefully a set of wheels for the Morris? 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, KNP said: What's Father Christmas got in his sack - hopefully a set of wheels for the Morris? unfortunately the Morris was naughty so it’s a bag of coal 4 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 The Morris is a 5/6CWT so would cope with five or six large (112lb) bags of coal. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 39 minutes ago, MrWolf said: The Morris is a 5/6CWT so would cope with five or six large (112lb) bags of coal. typical I was going to load it up with 7 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemonkey presents.... Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Thought the original picture of the weigh bridge was the latest ling up for the whacky races. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) You beat me to it! Triple drat even.... Edited June 26, 2021 by MrWolf Picture no attach! Drat.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted June 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 Dooooo something! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andrew P Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 6 hours ago, MrWolf said: The Morris is a 5/6CWT so would cope with five or six large (112lb) bags of coal. Would Elfs and Safety have noticed back in the day? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, Andrew P said: Would Elfs and Safety have noticed back in the day? Don't think they would have used Elfs maybe Safety but it all depends on Thyme and motion. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Unlikely, but going up the hill from the goods yard, the front wheels might leave the ground every time you hit a bump. I discovered that as a part of an early driving experience called - "Just because you can get that free lathe in the back of a Bedford CA van, doesn't mean that you should." 1 2 1 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Nothing like practical experience to help you learn. Gives you that extra incentive to not do it again. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 5 hours ago, Winslow Boy said: Nothing like practical experience to help you learn. Gives you that extra incentive to not do it again. In my case - I only wish that was true. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) Well I’m trying my best with the Clampetts truck I didn’t want a bright red so I mixed it with a little brown, it was a matt finish so I’ve given it a blast of satin varnish to give it a sheen Its not perfect but then nothing on the layout is Edited June 27, 2021 by chuffinghell 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted June 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2021 Given its job of carting coal, I don't suppose it was perfect for very long. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I like it, the colour is actually very of the period. Where seventies cars tend to be prosthetic limb beige, that's kind of evacuee suitcase brown. 1 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted June 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I like it, the colour is actually very of the period. Where seventies cars tend to be prosthetic limb beige, that's kind of evacuee suitcase brown. I think you should write us a full colour chart! 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted June 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2021 16 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I like it, the colour is actually very of the period. Where seventies cars tend to be prosthetic limb beige, that's kind of evacuee suitcase brown. Are you saying I’d better not use the metallic green I bought specially for Mick’s dragster Land Rover then? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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