RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted October 6, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2023 Having successfully scratchbuilt a pair of SR PMVs from plasticard in H0 scale, my thoughts now turn to a Van B, using a spare set of the Fleischmann 8ft SR bogies. Looking across the various online sources, I've found a couple of photos of S265 which has plywood sides (and doors?). Not having much in the way of SR NPCCS books, was this a one-off? Built with ply sides or was it a later conversion and if so, when? The SREMG page on Van Bs has a 1986-dated pic (the bottom one) https://sremg.org.uk/vandw/vanb-mob.shtml and Paul Bartlett's website also has a 1985-dated pic of S265. Basically, I'm being slightly lazy in not wanting to accurately score the additional lines in my Evergreen 6" planking sheet to split a couple of planks into 3"-ers. It took a couple of goes to get right on one of the PMV and Evergreen sheet isn't as cheap as it was! Another option might be S269, which appears to have had much of one side at least replaced with 6" planking (1st pic on the SREMG link above) Gratuitous shots of my H0 PMVs under build and (almost) finished - I still need to add some undergubbins to them TIA! 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 6, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2023 Hi Alan, how about scoring the planks for a standard one using your Silhouette cutter? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted October 6, 2023 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted October 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Alan, how about scoring the planks for a standard one using your Silhouette cutter? Thanks Clive, that's something I hadn't considered, but will now do so. Maybe I need to make two Van Bs...🤔 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 1 hour ago, CloggyDog said: ... S265 which has plywood sides ... was this a one-off? Built with ply sides or was it a later conversion and if so, when? ... 265 was built in 1952 in the penultimate batch of Southern vans of ANY sort ( goods or passenger ) so it's unlikely to have been BUILT as an experiment ............... accident or fire damage rebuilds can happen at any time ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 4 hours ago, CloggyDog said: The SREMG page on Van Bs has a 1986-dated pic (the bottom one) https://sremg.org.uk/vandw/vanb-mob.shtml and Paul Bartlett's website also has a 1985-dated pic of S265. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/srguvandb/ecd9e3e7 The end is planked with two planking sizes so suggests a rebuild of the sides. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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