jcb 3c Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Nice set of NCL vehicle pics here ;- http://www.flickr.com/groups/1589494@N20/pool/with/5430219613/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/28083135@N06/4976562436/ This one caught my eye, a marina van that survived to get NSE branding! A great shout with brutes and period cars! Has anyone got any shots of yellow motors with the network southeast branding? They sem to be hard to find! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 For coaching stock aficionados, the coach is an early style Mk.2c TSO - chunky vents and the removable roof panel over one toilet. An XR3 (rather than XR3i) and Sierra set a definite '80s note, though none of the vehicles are right up-to-date for 1986. Quite a lot of Post Office lorries lost their LEYLAND badging like that - late G cabs only had a transfer (white outline on the black recessed area) rather than raised lettering like the earlier versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 http://www.flickr.co...N06/4976562436/ This one caught my eye, a marina van that survived to get NSE branding! A great shout with brutes and period cars! Has anyone got any shots of yellow motors with the network southeast branding? They sem to be hard to find! Andy A couple of mine. New vehicles from about E reg. would have had them from new but older vehicles did not all seem to have been retro fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Ref the top picture, thats one of the station clean teams vans - the chiltern logo was straight out the stores and the same that was applied to the Class 115s. There were two (maybe three) 400`s and one escort combi van reg was F??? BOK. These were replaced by nasty citroen relays and a C15, terrible vans, by that time I was responsible for them and they were then sold and replaced by three transits and a transit connect - sadly despite seeing them everyday I have no pictures of them! If I recall, Thames and Chiltern as it became had its own garage in Reading that looked after them. After that our depot sherpa was maintained locally, and the transists just went to the ford dealer in banbury, where they were bought from. I think I saw the 400 in the pic after sale many years later at a preserved railway, but cannot remember which one. matrylebone depot also had a Freightrover 200, the last of the shape with a standard roof, and only branded freight rover for one year - this was E245 AMW (old oak had E246 AMW). E245 went on to aylesbury when Marylebone shut, and in around the mid 1990s had a full respray, new rear doors and some repairs. It lasted a few years more and was bought by a staff member, he passed away and I bought it, and then sold it some years ago, no idea where it is now. It was quite bulletproof, and got abused like hell, being notably airbourne quite a few times! Andy Edited January 15, 2012 by andye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Ref the top picture, thats one of the station clean teams vans - the chiltern logo was straight out the stores and the same that was applied to the Class 115s. There were two (maybe three) 400`s and one escort combi van reg was F??? BOK. These were replaced by nasty citroen relays and a C15, terrible vans, by that time I was responsible for them and they were then sold and replaced by three transits and a transit connect - sadly despite seeing them everyday I have no pictures of them! If I recall, Thames and Chiltern as it became had its own garage in Reading that looked after them. After that our depot sherpa was maintained locally, and the transists just went to the ford dealer in banbury, where they were bought from. I think I saw the 400 in the pic after sale many years later at a preserved railway, but cannot remember which one. matrylebone depot also had a Freightrover 200, the last of the shape with a standard roof, and only branded freight rover for one year - this was E245 AMW (old oak had E246 AMW). E245 went on to aylesbury when Marylebone shut, and in around the mid 1990s had a full respray, new rear doors and some repairs. It lasted a few years more and was bought by a staff member, he passed away and I bought it, and then sold it some years ago, no idea where it is now. It was quite bulletproof, and got abused like hell, being notably airbourne quite a few times! Andy Thanks for that Andy, these sort of memories are of help with my research into all of the road motors. My records show A245AMW at Marylebone, and 246 at Oxford, later in life before going to Amey in 1996. And here is a 14 year old one in use by EWS in 2002 ! Merf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) I`ll take a look and see if I can find any pictures, thats a good survivor that late in the day! Edited January 15, 2012 by andye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) Here are the two citroen relays and the C15 just prior to sale at Aylesbury Depot, by this point we had removed all the branding . The sherpa. E245 AMW is on the far right. Edited January 15, 2012 by andye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I'll be resin casting more crew bus bodies at St Albans this weekend. Without wishing to spam this thread, I've done another couple of days resin casting at Stalbans this weekend, and have dug out the mould for the crewbus body for the Corgi Ford Cargo seen at the begining of this thread, and also written up by Neil in this thread on the old forum http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7606&sid=62e7b899220a1028914ccbe1cf8337e1&start=25 If anyone would like one at £3 plus postage, I have a few leftovers, please send me a PM. Thanks, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 here I think is a new picture, this was for sale on ebay last year, never met its price of about £1500 and was sold to a scrap dealer for less than that, went to Micheal Douglas (!) salvage ooop north. Its from Cumbria area, and is a 1992 Leyland daf 45 Mk2, I think with W.H.Bence Bodywork. Ex EWS, and clearly with some graffiti blurred out, its one of the longer re -railing vehicles. I have tried contacting the breakers, but Mr Douglas is impossible to get hold of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 here I think is a new picture, this was for sale on ebay last year, never met its price of about £1500 and was sold to a scrap dealer for less than that, went to Micheal Douglas (!) salvage ooop north. Its from Cumbria area, and is a 1992 Leyland daf 45 Mk2, I think with W.H.Bence Bodywork. Ex EWS, and clearly with some graffiti blurred out, its one of the longer re -railing vehicles. I have tried contacting the breakers, but Mr Douglas is impossible to get hold of! That would be L352YRY, from Carlisle Kingmoor, EWS. Very much one of the last of the BR design bodywork and just after the time that yellow ceased to be used. White personnel carriers seem to start with the L registrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevblokey Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Coming soon to a model shop near you, ref OXF76DEF007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 here I think is a new picture, this was for sale on ebay last year, never met its price of about £1500 and was sold to a scrap dealer for less than that, went to Micheal Douglas (!) salvage ooop north. Its from Cumbria area, and is a 1992 Leyland daf 45 Mk2, I think with W.H.Bence Bodywork. Ex EWS, and clearly with some graffiti blurred out, its one of the longer re -railing vehicles. Damn, that would have made ideal band transport... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Coming soon to a model shop near you, ref OXF76DEF007. That will be this one, Bangor plant fitters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) That would be L352YRY, from Carlisle Kingmoor, EWS. Very much one of the last of the BR design bodywork and just after the time that yellow ceased to be used. White personnel carriers seem to start with the L registrations. Hi merfyn, just checked the other pictures and it is that one, called the breakers today and its still for sale, he wants £2K for it. No interest to me as it was never yellow and didnt carry any BR branding! I suppose if it doesnt sell it will be broken or the body scrapped and made into a horsebox! and another pic of the same motor: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/3546768060/in/pool-1734047@N24/ Edited January 24, 2012 by andye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Hi merfyn, just checked the other pictures and it is that one, called the breakers today and its still for sale, he wants £2K for it. No interest to me as it was never yellow and didnt carry any BR branding! I suppose if it doesnt sell it will be broken or the body scrapped and made into a horsebox! and another pic of the same motor: http://www.flickr.co...ol-1734047@N24/ Thats the piccy I recognised it from. B R seemed to stop branding a while before privitisation, I seem to recall our J reg. vans were branded as Regional Railways, but the K reg. ones arrived plain yellow ready to recieve whatever new ownership (Jarvis in our case) would be applied. Then a lot were plain white. Merf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 That will be this one, Bangor plant fitters. Hi Merf, Just been catching up on this thread only to see that nice Landrover pic. What year would E reg be? I am wondering if I can get one for my layout. Cheers Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 E prefix 1/8/87 - 31/7/88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringo Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Technically, the Land Rover shown as the upcoming model is wrong for the 87/88 year, as it is a a TD5 model, which was from 1998 on. However. that said, I converted a BT one that you can get now, to a BR one, very simple, just rub off the BT logos and replace with The sign of the devil! Cheers R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Ringo, what are the external recognitions points for the TD5 against the earlier Defender? Also does the model have a pre 2007 dashboard or the 2007 on version? (Can't quite make it out through the plastic glass on the ehattons pics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/59572134@N07/5486072884/ One from flickr, a shiny bruff, complete with mainline freight braning, and an older commando behind it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 When they came out some years ago, the Pocketbond Fordson Thames ET6 was a dissapointment with its Austin cab. Since then they have been put one side for maybe another day. I finally decided to see if somthing could be done with it. First reduce the wheelbase to the correct length, extending the sub chassis at the rear. Next to the cab, the windscreen being the wrong shape was attacked with a file to enlarge and give the top edge a slope. It was also sloped back a bit, and the black rubber added around. The front of the bonnet had a bit of work with the file too. It now looks a bit more like a ET6 but can I do more to the next one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinLoco Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hi Merfyn, Nice work on the Ford, The UR reg is that an Hertfordshire vehicle? Perhaps based at Luton Beds I do not recall seeing it around. Regards, Gordon Wil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 29, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2012 The same cab as the Fordson was used by Dodge and Leyland. It might be possible to use the cab from the Base Toys versions of these makes ('Parrot nosed' Dodge and Leyland Comet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevblokey Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Technically, the Land Rover shown as the upcoming model is wrong for the 87/88 year, as it is a a TD5 model, which was from 1998 on. However. that said, I converted a BT one that you can get now, to a BR one, very simple, just rub off the BT logos and replace with The sign of the devil! Cheers R What visually is the difference then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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