Guest baldrick25 Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Having resprayed a few coach (exteriors) and fitted interior lighting etc, the coach interiors just don't look right. I'm think of 60's type coaches , particularly GWR where the panneling was a darkish grained brown, and the seating a mix of orange and brown. I can't even seem to find the right colours , let alone how to do it. I've tried applying a spray base colour then dry brushing from 'top to bottom' of the seat to give some texture , but that is exactly what it looks like when the roof is back on and the lighting lit. Any suggestions please, before 'bums' get glued to seats...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC Jack Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I haven't exposed my coach interiors to internal lighting yet so I will hazard an answer based on other contributions I have seen. If you have a fairly bright LED light in like a flourescent all the colours will appear lighter. These older coaches were lit by fairly dim bulbs - I remember them well! - so the imterior appeared a little dingy. I would imagine you will need to use darker colours than the original to achieve this effect. Jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Laborious I know, but you could photograph a seat back then make prints to 4mm scale on matt photo paper and glue these to your seats. I've done it for LNWR wood panelled partitions but never seats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 20, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2010 Peco used to make card interiors for the old Kitmaster coaches. They are still around and can be had quite cheaply. They were still made up until quite recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Have you seen these from Bill Bedford? The colours aren't right but you get the idea. Have you also seen Larry's recent contribution here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I believe that Electragraphics were looking at doing them. Maybe contact Adam Warr(Captain Electra) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldrick25 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Wow, SP STeve, those are fantastic, I felt like curling up in one of the First Class ones with arms..... I doubt if mine will look anywhere near as good as those , but its given me some ideas , and something to aim for. Thanks also to the others who have replied, all much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Superb bit of work Steve! Going back a couple of years (possibly more?)... does anyone remember seeing the large scale Mk1 coach on display at Warley? IIRC it was in carmine and cream livery and the interior was fully detailed.... I think it was 5" gauge..... imagine a complete rake ot them! Nidge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GC Jack Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Superb work Steve:rolleyes: Jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Heres my take on coach interiors from a few years ago- a couple of Southern Pride Mk1 interiors... Actual materials which although not exact were chosen to represent the seat moquette coverings. A small square of material, cut to a bigger size than needed to cover the seat, was placed against the bottom edge of the seat and then flooded with plastic weld ensuring that there was an overlap of material beyond this edge. By working upwards and pressing the material against the plastic and flooding it with plastic weld, the material pressed into the molten plastic and when dry stuck quite well.... Finally the various compartment elements were then glued together and voila! one coach interior! Nice work, it looks very convincing (especially the wood grain on the compartments - I'll have to steal the idea ) I've been able to replicate authentic period moquette for my coach upgrades by obtaining a colour photograph of the moquette in question (usually available as part of a colour carriage interior photo from one of the many preserved railways websites), manipulating and resizing the image in photoshop, printing out sheets of "moquette" and then cutting out and applying the paper "moquette" to the plastic seating with white glue. If you muck it up, it can be salvaged by using warm water brushed onto the seat to disintegrate the paper Unfortunately, although I use fairly thin paper, I feel that the end result is a bit too thick. For the next coach upgrade I plan on firstly designing seat coverings for the moquette so when cut out they will conform to the seats better, and secondly print these out onto DIY transfer/decal paper - which should give a much better appearance. F Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 SP Steve, those are the most realistic interiors i have ever seen. Friend Geoff Holt has been getting his 7mm seating material at a mill down the coast and I can see why now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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