Rhydgaled Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 A while back fiftyfour fiftyfour posted some pictures of a mark 3 TRBF created by moving windows around on some Lima coaches. While a project like that is still way beyond my skill level it is something I would like to work towards. I've also been thinking more-ambiously at whether it would be possible to use the two corridor windows left over from the above conversion to convert the doner TF/TS into one of Chiltern's GFW coaches (Galley First Wheelchair, although some sites seem to list them as RFM). However: some of the window sizes on the GFW seem to only be found on TGS or SLE/SLEP vehicles (which were only made by Lima) the mark 3a type roof (for Chiltern coaches) can only be had from Hornby's sliding-door coaches or Oxford Rail etc. models which have body/underframe issues I have one Hornby-tooled mark 3 TS (from the GWR train set I bought mainly to get the new Railroad motor rather than an old preowned Lima pancake one) which I've decided is probably going to have to be a mark 3b given that it has Central Door Locking lights moulded on and other differences from my otherwise Lima/Limby IC125 sets So, my question is whether the bodyshell/windows/rooves from the three sets of mark 3 tooling (Lima, Hornby 1999 scale-length and Hornby 2020 sliding-door) are sufficiently similar (depth of window frames etc. and equal sizes of windows which should be the same) that a window from a Hornby TS could be used to convert a Lima TRFB to TRBF? Or a window from a Lima buffet in a sliding-door Hornby TSD to make a GFW (with incorrect doors admittedly, but I'm wondering if a push-in insert could be made for the XC/ScotRail/GWR sliding-door model to resemble the Chiltern plug doors)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now