Class 37 split headcode boxes Vitrains

[mabel]

Is there anyone out there that sells resin replacement noses in split headcode format for Vitrains class 37?

thanks

Tony

[Guest Half-full]

Shawplan sell them but can be hard to get a hold of sadly

 

They are replacements for Lima shells but should fit, although they are original condition ie with buffer valances

[Clive Mortimore]

I used the noses off a Lima model I was scraping, the chassis either went to power a Tri-ang Type 3 or a stratched Lima Deltic.

 

[mabel]

Thanks for that. I did think of getting a Lima shell to cast some myself, but being lazy I thought I would try the easy route first  

T

[Clive Mortimore]

Of course there is the old fashioned way of making your own boxes and doors and adding them to a nose with the unnecessary bits filed off like we use to do with Tri-ang ones. 

[mabel]

I still have an old Hornby body somewhere with some white metal headcode boxes crudely Araldited on.... we were easily pleased way back then! 

T