dibber25 Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Right, I have two P42DCs and one F40PH (with another probably to follow in due course) in VIA Rail livery . I have a five-car HEP2 set to go with one of the P42s and if and when I add more stainless steel stock, I could run 'The Canadian' with the F40PHs. I still need more passenger cars. I have one Rapido LRC car coming from an eBay purchase but at Β£45 plus nearly Β£20 for postage and (probably) another Β£20 for the UK Customs, a set of these is not really affordable. In any case, they are out of production. The third of the possibilities is a set of Renaissance (ex-Nightstar) cars. No one makes a model of these and no one is likely to. The LRC was a marginal choice, I suspect, but Rapido's Mr. Shron obviously likes LRCs and they did also run in Amtrak colours, so there's a US market. The 'Ren' cars, in contrast, are only Canadian (and Eastern Canada, too) and, when you look at them, several of the vehicle types are a right old bodge. No one is ever likely to offer a ready-to-run model. So, what about conversions? Is there anything I can convert or repaint that looks vaguely similar? Anything that might suit some brass overlay sides, for instance? I've been looking at what I could do with Hornby Mk3s, given some additional bits and a repaint but they are obviously over scale. Any thoughts? CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldknotty Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Chris can you email some pics of what you want I will check the local hobby shops and shows thy carry a lot of used items these days !! 20 quid for postage where did it come from Oz :-) ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldknotty Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Chris not sure if this will help any just found these at Hobbylinc a good company I use often for my military models . Β Β Β Β Β Β Below is the image at: www.hobbylinc.com/ htm/cco/cco992.htm Remove frame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Chris not sure if this will help any just found these at Hobbylinc a good company I use often for my military models . Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Below is the image at: www.hobbylinc.com/ htm/cco/cco992.htm Β Remove frame Β Β Thanks, but the blue-painted cars are the ex-Canadian National vehicles which were all withdrawn when VIA got rid of steam-heating. The electric (HEP) conversions were confined to the ex-CP Rail stainless steel cars plus some stainless cars bought from US railroads. My problem is in trying to model the current scene, I guess. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Chris; Β Mk4 coaches might be closer to Nightstar/Rennaissance stock but, as you say, would be overscale. Captain Electra did overlays for N-scale Mk4s to make Rennaissance stock, so he might be able to scale them up. Β Jason Shron does like LRCs (he was part of the team behind saving a power car), so I'd expect more LRC coaches to appear when the power cars do. Cost will still be an issue, but the prototype models I saw were beautiful. Β Otherwise, there isn't a lot of choice. Maybe you need an Amtrak P42 and 5 Amfleet cars to model the Maple Leaf... Β Β Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Chris, I've got a boxed set of the old Concor CP Budd coaches if you are interested. Once my pair of "Canadians" arrive from Rapido they'll be surplus to requirements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 A little off-topic but in Chris' first post I noticed the name of Jason Shron of Rapido ( almost as unusual as mine!) Away back, 10 years ago, there was a gentleman of the same name who joined the Small Layout Design yahoo group, I think living in the midlands of UK, who posted this in our files - now whether this IS the same person I know not, but the name and the Canadian interest lead me to think it could be. Just added as something of interest! Β NB I blanked the email address Β Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Obviously Jason loves his Wife (and maybe even her Tea Pots)! Β Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 A few things that might be of help. The MSRP for an LRC coach is $67.95 CAD or roughly 43.50GBP. The street price is lower so it might pay to check out the Rapido website for updates http://rapidotrains.com/scllrc_coach.html. Best price I could find was here. http://www.modeltrains.com/WEB%20-%20CMT/Rapido/rt-lrc-ready-to-run.htm Β Jason did live and work in the UK for a while so that may well be his plan. His current plan is somewhat more ambitious as he has a multi level layout a-building of the Kingston subdivision of the CNR. Β Cheers, Β David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adam1701D Posted September 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2011 I produce N Gauge vinyl overlays to convert the Graham Farish Mark 4 coach into a good approximation of VIA Rail Renaissance stock. It should be possible to produce these in 4mm to bash the Hornby Mk4 into shape, if there's interest. Β The Nightstar stock was based on the Mk4 bodyshell with an altered profile and runs on T4 bogies (same as the 158 and Mk3 DVT). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I produce N Gauge vinyl overlays to convert the Graham Farish Mark 4 coach into a good approximation of VIA Rail Renaissance stock. It should be possible to produce these in 4mm to bash the Hornby Mk4 into shape, if there's interest. Β The Nightstar stock was based on the Mk4 bodyshell with an altered profile and runs on T4 bogies (same as the 158 and Mk3 DVT). Β Not wishing to hijack the thread but the N Gauge royal coach vinyls in OO would be nice also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Β Otherwise, there isn't a lot of choice. Maybe you need an Amtrak P42 and 5 Amfleet cars to model the Maple Leaf... Adrian Β I photographed the Maple Leaf at Toronto and I have a P42 in phase V livery (on order from Model Junction) and three Amtrak cars (coming from Ebay). My engineer friend drove 'the Amtrak', from Toronto-Niagara Falls a couple of weeks ago, but hadn't realised it was a named train. Pity they don't make more of their named trains. Adam - I'm interested in the idea of overlays for the Mk4s although I guess they are still going to look way too big. The Mk3s looked awful - they are so long, as well being too tall - although putting smaller wheels in helped a little. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CPRAIL3000 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Just in case anyone would be interested I have a number of Walthers Via Rail passenger cars for sale at Β£17 each if anyone is genuinely interested pm me and I will do a good deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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