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No I hadnt come across this. A neat rake of green & cream tourist stock of which I did a good many with Derek L. over the years. £394.90 per coach though....mmmmm.

 

Look nice - need Kaydees though!

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Coach, There'd be no point in you bidding (I think that's what you have to do on e-bay - never use it, myself) as you could probably build a set and have them finished quicker than the postal delivery for the existing ones!!!!! Dave.

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Bit expensive I think but not unusual for this particular trader. However, they look very, very good Larry. I reckon they have only ever been on display.

Back to the 'shed' discussion. I reckon this is the new look TARDIS and Larry is to be the Doctor's new glamorous assistant.

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Light had virtually gone by the time I could take photos of the completed coach. It has been weathered....

 

 

Coach - that is one lovely D50 Lav compo - i recently acquired 3 teak finished non corridor teak suburbans on ebay (make totally unknown), they appear kit or possibly scratch built with brass bogies - one is a brake as seen in the attached photo but the other two are lav compos, I am suspicous of the corridor being on one side of the carriage - were there ever any teak non corridors like this? Im not that bothered as I think they look great and fit with my needs plus my railway never leaves home - im just curious to know if there were any to a diagram like this!

 

Your work is awesome - certainly provides something for the rest of us to aspire to!

 

Mike

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After viewing Coachman's splendid work, I am a bit nervous about showing these coaches that I bashed from the Dapol ex LMS Suburbans:

 

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After being castigated for the glazing in some previous coaches, I upgraded these by using Finecast glazing - a big improvement over the Airfix stuff. Underframe has been upgraded with Comet components.

 

John

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Larry, I've been idly looking for one of these from time to time for 'Thurston' as they seem to crop up quite regularly in East Anglian photos. I haven't grasped what you mean by "there should be far more 'meat' between them and the roof". Can you elaborate?

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Given the beading strip near the top, would a new taller strip of plastic above that be a possible option? I realise the door lines would need working in and the top hinges a bit, bu all the rest of the hinges and door stops could be left as they are. The alternative for the roof is handy.

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