Blog- Ullypug's tales from the tinking table - Triang SR bogie luggage van in P4

RSS Fetcher · November 8, 2018

One of my long standing 'round tuit' projects has been a Triang bogie luggage van that was given to me by the late Bob Haskins. As is the way, I was looking for something else in the modelling room when I came across a box containing a number of wagons he'd given me, some years ago now.
I knew I'd picked up a detailing conversion pack for it from Roxey Mouldings at a bring and buy so I thought why not?
I guess Bob had this coach from the early seventies and the Roxey kit was also in a suitably decrepit box but as you know I do like these resurrection projects.
The instructions were comprehensive and luckily I already had the Gould book from Oakwood Press to provide background information.
First step was to remove the green paint (I guess Bob applied) using Modelstrip.
I decided not to reuse the existing doors. New ones were made from Evergreen planking sheets and straps added from strip with rivet detail added from cubes of 5mm square section. Handrails were added from 0.35mm wire.
The under frame was made up on a base of copper clad, allowing it to be soldered together before bolting to the underside of the body.
The bogies are sprung, using the Bill Bedford 8ft variants and the white metal side frames glued on.
I used MJT LSWR/SR pattern ventilators as the ones in the Roxey kit had a little too much flash for my liking.
Once the detailing had been complete, the coach was sprayed with Halfords plastic primer, Precision carmine airbrushed on and a light weathering coat added. The roof has a coat of Lifecolour roof dirt.
I've attached a few photos including the finished article on Cheddar. My plan is to run it as a parcels/strawberry van. I've absolutely no idea if these vans ever ran on the Cheddar Valley line, but I don't care. I think Bob would have liked the end result and that's all that matters!

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