Waverley West, Princes St Gardens and Haymarket MPD

[russ p]

If you have chopped up a 150/2 the doors are the same as 001

[FPH 603]

Try this link: TrainTesting.com It has plenty of photos of 150001, from it's introduction to service up to as recent as 2008.

[FPH 603]

If you have chopped up a 150/2 the doors are the same as 001

The 150/2 subclass has cab end gangways, and Mr Waverley West has chopped up a 150/1.

 

EDIT: As for those cab doors, they could be built from Plasticard, although this would require lots of cutting out and filling in.

Edited November 21, 2017 by DoubleDeckInterurban

[37114]

Good job with the 150/1. I suppose with the spare chassis and body bits you could make a what might have been class 150 bubble car....

[FPH 603]

Good job with the 150/1. I suppose with the spare chassis and body bits you could make a what might have been class 150 bubble car....

Funny that, I had the exact same thought earlier.

[Waverley West]

Good job with the 150/1. I suppose with the spare chassis and body bits you could make a what might have been class 150 bubble car....

 

 

Funny that, I had the exact same thought earlier.

 

Great minds think alike, guys...!

 

 

Yes, it's a 150/1 I've cut up. I'm currently wondering whether I can use the cab doors from the scrap ends as a basis for the cab doors in 150001.

 

In other news, work on the trailer car is continuing.

 

Much filling, sanding, priming and more sanding later, can you spot the join...?

 

 

Cheers

Dave

Edited November 21, 2017 by Waverley West

[russ p]

Is it possible to use half of a double door for the cab doors?

[Waverley West]

Is it possible to use half of a double door for the cab doors?

 

It's definitely a possibility russ, although my current thinking is to use the doors from the scrap cab ends.

[richierich]

I’ve got two 150/1 body shell sections like you and wondered about making a bubble car too!

[FPH 603]

I’ve got two 150/1 body shell sections like you and wondered about making a bubble car too!

 

 

Great minds think alike, guys...!

 

IMG_8301.JPG

 

Yes, it's a 150/1 I've cut up. I'm currently wondering whether I can use the cab doors from the scrap ends as a basis for the cab doors in 150001.

 

In other news, work on the trailer car is continuing.

 

Much filling, sanding, priming and more sanding later, can you spot the join...?

 

IMG_8302.JPG

 

Cheers

Dave

The Bubble Car squad: JOIN TODAY!

 

For anyone who likes Bubbles, Cars or single carriage trains!

 

I don't think I'd qualify as I like two carriage trains (maybe they could be Double Bubble Cars!)

Edited November 22, 2017 by DoubleDeckInterurban

[Waverley47708]

Well, I've made a start now. There's no turning back...        

 

Centre car 1.jpg

 

The 1/3 and 2/3 body length cuts were made adjacent to the door seals, so the join down the bodysides should be pretty much invisible. The join over the roof will of course not be so easy to hide, but hopefully some filler should fix that. 

 

My attempts to explain to Mrs WW last night why I was cutting up two perfectly good trains to make one train left her completely non-plussed. Honestly, the mixed-up logic of non-believers.   

 

Cheers for now,

Dave[/quote

 

Must confess was a bit troubled recently to see a Class 150 on your layout, so I was delighted tonight to see you had chopped one up. Only to be disappointed to read you'd chopped it up to make a new longer one!

[Waverley West]

Must confess was a bit troubled recently to see a Class 150 on your layout, so I was delighted tonight to see you had chopped one up. Only to be disappointed to read you'd chopped it up to make a new longer one!

 

Fear not, Calum, DMUs will always be a side show on WW, necessary to recreate the station in the '80s. As I mentioned before...

 

The takeover by the 150s pretty much marks the end of the period covered by WW. I might stretch to one of Bachmann's new 158s when they eventually arrive though and a Realtrack 156 in Regional Railways livery (EDIT: and/or Strathclyde orange) too. Loco haulage will forever remain dominant on WW though.

 

That includes short rakes of Mk 1s and 2s on local services substituting for ailing or absent DMUs too!

Edited November 26, 2017 by Waverley West

[Waverley West]

Hi folks,

 

Just a quick pitstop update on 150001 which is progressing well.

 

The trailer car body is nearing completion, with the roof seam, where the join is, made pretty much invisible and all evidence of the roof water tank hatch and associated gubbins removed. A new fullsize window has also been inserted in the bodyside to replace the small toilet window, shown here on the right-hand side...

 

 

On the driving cars, all the doorways have now been opened up and just need finishing off, ready for the doors themselves to be fitted, once I've worked out exactly how I'm going to do it. The top corners of the doorways need to be rounded, rather than square as shown here. The handrails have been removed and filled in, ready for sanding.

 

 

 

In other news, 150259 is also now ready for service and the Transclyde 107 is progressing well, with the roof currently being resprayed. The underframes are finished so all that needs doing now is renumbering and a bit of weathering.

 

Must post some pics of some locos for all the locoholics on here, just in case you're getting withdrawal symptoms. 

 

Cheers for now

Dave

Edited November 28, 2017 by Waverley West

[Dmudriver]

"Must post some pics of some locos for all the locoholics on here, just in case you're getting withdrawal symptoms".  

 

DMUs are fine, Dave.  No problem whatsoever!!!  Keep 'em coming!!   

 

Rod

[SouthernBlue80s]

I always look forward to your pictures Dave 

[Waverley West]

Here' s a question for all you DMU buffs out there - what colour was the grey on 150001 in its original Provincial livery?

 

In most photos, it looks to me like Rail Grey, but I have read, and in a few photos it does look like, it is Executive Light Grey. Is it a different colour to that used in the standard Provincial livery that followed on the production versions?? 

 

In these, it looks to me like Rail Grey:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/117983829@N03/16152866476/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/60390222@N05/24793175766/

 

while in this one it looks more Executive Light Grey:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/86020500@N06/8053474043/

 

 

Any help would be much appreciated before I get out the airbrush and it's too late!!

[Dmudriver]

Hi Dave.

 

Whilst my era is blue and blue/grey, I've found these references for you:

 

http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/regional_railways.htm

 

http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/sheets/RR_Design_Elements_Insert_2.jpg

 

The colours are Pantone: the website is  https://store.pantone.com/uk/en/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIodCbkork1wIVq53tCh3f-g9SEAAYASAAEgJxSfD_BwE

 

Unfortunately, when you search for the 2 colours 425 and 5455 (top right hand corner), you get a number of different shades, depending on the suffix.

 

However, hope this is helpful.

 

Rod

 

PS  It's now got me thinking of an 0 gauge 101 in "Reggie Rail" livery!!

[FPH 603]

Here' s a question for all you DMU buffs out there - what colour was the grey on 150001 in its original Provincial livery?

 

In most photos, it looks to me like Rail Grey, but I have read, and in a few photos it does look like, it is Executive Light Grey. Is it a different colour to that used in the standard Provincial livery that followed on the production versions??

 

In these, it looks to me like Rail Grey:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/117983829@N03/16152866476/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/60390222@N05/24793175766/

 

while in this one it looks more Executive Light Grey:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/86020500@N06/8053474043/

 

 

Any help would be much appreciated before I get out the airbrush and it's too late!!

I'm no paint expert, but don't you think the one in Waverley (the place you are modelling!) would be a more reliable source? Edited November 29, 2017 by DoubleDeckInterurban

[JDW]

Hi Dave.

 

Whilst my era is blue and blue/grey, I've found these references for you:

 

http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/regional_railways.htm

 

http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/sheets/RR_Design_Elements_Insert_2.jpg

 

The colours are Pantone: the website is  https://store.pantone.com/uk/en/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIodCbkork1wIVq53tCh3f-g9SEAAYASAAEgJxSfD_BwE

 

Unfortunately, when you search for the 2 colours 425 and 5455 (top right hand corner), you get a number of different shades, depending on the suffix.

 

However, hope this is helpful.

 

Rod

 

PS  It's now got me thinking of an 0 gauge 101 in "Reggie Rail" livery!!

 

The Regional Railways scheme post-dates the Provincial scheme which 150001 wore when it was new, so those documents don't answer the question about the lower bodysides - Provincial/"Sprinter" liveries had a fawn colour, the later similar Regional Railways scheme replaced this with a silver-grey as in those documents.  They are, however, a very interesting read, and examples of excellent and well considered corporate design, in the same way as the original BR identity and the Railfreight sector brandings which are very popular at the minute.  One thing which caught my eye was the comments about the design being restrained, as this is a sign of quality...

[Waverley West]

Hi folks,

 

Not a huge amount to report due to life getting in the way recently. The Transclyde 107 is now complete but the interior lights don't seem to be working at the moment, so it's been returned to the works for attention.

 

With the nights really drawing in now, I managed to nip down to the station last night to see what was about...

 

Here I am, arriving on a loco-hauled DMU substitute service from Fife behind 47102. I'm able to take photographs of myself back in the '80s now thanks to some fiendish modifications to my space-time displacement machine. 

 

 

 

 

47636 was waiting time in Platform 15 ready to depart for Inverness...

 

 

 

Not much more has been done on 150001 since my last confession, as I've been concentrating on finishing off the 107. The driver's cab doorways are now finished though, so the next job will be to fit the handrails and then come up with a good solution for the doors themselves. Then it will be on to some serious chassis cutting to produce the chassis for the centre car.

 

Happy modelling one and all!

 

Cheers

Dave

Edited December 13, 2017 by Waverley West

[keefer]

The Transclyde 107 is now complete but the interior lights don't seem to be working at the moment, so it's been returned to the works for attention.

just like the real thing then! (except the real thing would still be running)

Edited December 13, 2017 by keefer

[FPH 603]

Any news on 150 001?

[keefer]

Not much more has been done on 150001 since my last confession, as I've been concentrating on finishing off the 107. The driver's cab doorways are now finished though, so the next job will be to fit the handrails and then come up with a good solution for the doors themselves. Then it will be on to some serious chassis cutting to produce the chassis for the centre car.

 

Happy modelling one and all!

 

Cheers

Dave

[FPH 603]

 

Not much more has been done on 150001 since my last confession, as I've been concentrating on finishing off the 107. The driver's cab doorways are now finished though, so the next job will be to fit the handrails and then come up with a good solution for the doors themselves. Then it will be on to some serious chassis cutting to produce the chassis for the centre car. Happy modelling one and all! CheersDave

Damn, I really must be going blind.

[bcnPete]

Amazing photographs - please keep stepping back into your Tardis