RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'm wondering whether that extra partition, where originally it created a small two-bay no smoking zone and 4+2+2 bays altogether, should go completely? The evidence suggests the DTSOs were 4+4 bays, can anyone confirm this? BK Looking good Brian. I can confirm that the TC DTSOs were 4+4 bays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks 4630/Russ, Yes, you're right about the partition removal, i've just done mine! I also removed the central blank partitions, since these should be glazed, and just replaced them with the innermost uprights. I've found a very nice little film on Youtube, that promotes the 1967 electrification, i've never seen this before, and it shows internal details and colours very well. I love the bit where the narrator says "at last you can see the scenery, now we've got rid of the smoke"! It is excellent for details of the original livery and especially the interior fittings and colours. Now i think the dominant colour inside the DTSO is the dark blue seat colour and dark flooring, so i could spray my seat units blue and pick out the end panels and central uprights in grey maybe? BK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUT7TUAKegk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Fascinating video. A couple of ED's can be seen in the mix. Looking at the top of the bogie, is the 33 attached to a REP at 7:25 and the following train looks like the 73 is in the middle! And look at the stock behind the 47 just before 8 minutes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Yes well spotted, someone else suggested to me that the 33/1 was coupling unusually to a 4-REP, it's got that curved shape to the top of the bogie. Obviously the two were handy for filming. BK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Bel Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 HI All, You can actually see the set number on the solebar of the unit at 7min 12 secs, 3003 which is indeed a Rep. Great video, thanks for posting. Cheers for now, Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number6 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 That is an interesting detail about the REP and Crompton. At 2m25s an ED is hauling 2 4TCs one of which has a buffet car - I assume these were used in the 4TCs before going into REPs? I may have missed that detail before. Would it have been classified a BTC? One wonders if the operating department were just delighting in having everything inter-changable and inter-operable at last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted March 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2015 That is an interesting detail about the REP and Crompton. At 2m25s an ED is hauling 2 4TCs one of which has a buffet car - I assume these were used in the 4TCs before going into REPs? I may have missed that detail before. Would it have been classified a BTC? One wonders if the operating department were just delighting in having everything inter-changable and inter-operable at last. According to Blood and Custard; http://www.bloodandcustard.com/bournemouth1966.html#IntoService "The last eight 4TCs were delivered without their TFKs, 6 running as 3TC and 2 temporarily including TB and TBFK 4 REP trailers and classified as 4TB units, to get buffet vehicles into traffic earlier." What a cracking piece of archive film. Love it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermoth Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Great film, thanks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Just found this thread. Very nice work so far Brian! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted March 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2015 Like the film, some great shots of old Winchester and Southampton. Looks so different now driving towards the Town Quay! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share Posted March 24, 2015 Here's a Replica Mk1 SK interior, cutting it in half provides a handy ready-made BSK, or in this case a 4TC TBSK, interior. I think the armrests will have to go, i'd better check that super 1967 film again, which also reveals the interior colour scheme. The other half won't be wasted, it will be chopped a bit more and end up in a 2HAP DTC, those pics to follow. Cheers, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted March 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2015 If you were to paint those interiors with something a shade or three darker than that awful pink, you could probably get away with leaving the armrests in, because nobody is going to see them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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