Merfyn Jones Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Merfyn looking back though this forum I note you have photos of the NSE fleetline bus, I am currently building one of these do you have any pictures showing the interior and top deck Sorry Gary, but no views of the inside. All the shots I took were from the platform at East Croydon while changing trains. My own model, I just put in the staircase and left all the seats out upstairs. I fitted all the seating downstairs as you can see some through the windows. I guess that as nobody has said it is wrong when on display, then nobody else knows what it was like inside. Sorry to be of no more help. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Merfyn. No problems thanks for the quick response Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I normally use railmatch paints and rang howes to enquire about a set of NSE colours to be told that they are discontinued, have ordered appropriate paints from precision paints. I am planning to use a mixture of paint and transfers to create th e colour scheme will post pictures of progress 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I found this image when looking to see if British Rail operated any mk1 ford transits. The question is does anyone know if they operated mk1 transit vans http://www.flickriver.com/search/British+rail+transit+artic/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 BR definitely had Mk 1 Transits in the '70's. By the time I started work in 1975 they had the facelifted grille but still Essex 1.7l V4 engines. Ours in the S & T dept were crew busses with bench seats down each side of the full length of the body. Crawling along the A41 from Tyseley to Aynho Jcn took 90 minutes. sandwiched between 8 burly blokes chain smoking was a character forming experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I remember being told that the long wheelbase twin rear wheel body was normally supplied with the 2 litre engine, but BR specified the smaller one for economy (!) The cab seats were mid grey. The bench seats were made of pine lath with black "cushions". Just rectangular slabs of foam covered in pvc cloth. No sculpting at all. The van had full windows, but only the rear two could open slightly as ventilators. This is different to the commercial minibuses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 As 28XX mentions, the lwb crew buses were fairly common. I have one photo of a swb minibus with the facelifted grille. Also a couple of shots of a Mk.1 swb van with the diesel bonet bulge and sliding doors in green (c1967/8) However photos are thin on the ground. One that always looks wrong to me is Corgi's 1965 van with post 1974 yellow livery. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 In the BR Corporate Identity Manual as on the Double arrow website there is details of a Leyland-DAF Sherpa Pick Up does anyone have any images of any in BR yellow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 BR had a few Leyland / DAF 350 & 400 pick ups between 1989-1993 but were far rarer than the Transits. I have had a quick look but am unable to find any pictures. Will have a better look in the morning. Merf. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 This is the page I was referring to which I think would make a nice model http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/sheets/RR_6207_2.gif 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Finally got around to producing the bridge inspection bus. More photos can be found on the link at the bottom. The motivation to complete this came from post with the BR Engineering Training Bus, albeit using the wrong colours.I purchased the vehicle for conversion some time back. The colours are a mixture of paint and transfers, A full side elevation transfer was produced first the bus was sprayed white all over with yellow ends, the grey was masked and sprayed first (not used from the transfer) the red white and blue transfer was applied. the transfer was cut out around the doors and separate section of transfer applied on the middle door only the red and white is the transfer the blue was brush painted against the transfer, any areas such as window sides were painted (I used phoenix paints) http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/95704-my-road-vehicles/?p=1994043 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Only photo I have found of a Sherpa pick up. Unfortunately nobody does a model of a wide Sherpa (yet) so not an easy model to produce. Good luck with the project, let's see the results. http://80srail.zenfolio.com/p46897271/h1a76b500#h1a76b500 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Only photo I have found of a Sherpa pick up. Unfortunately nobody does a model of a wide Sherpa (yet) so not an easy model to produce. Good luck with the project, let's see the results. http://80srail.zenfolio.com/p46897271/h1a76b500#h1a76b500 Merfyn, Thanks for that, just found one hiding behind a brick pier in another of your pictures https://www.flickr.com/photos/merf29/5194665537/in/album-72157625373519212/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 In Blue Peter speak, 'here's one I made earlier'. About 25 years or more, from the Garrick Leisure kit, long before the EFE models came out. Network SE transfers from Replica, I think. From an old ABS whitemetal kit, a Mk.3 Transit of Warrington S&T. The same type as the new Oxford model will be, I think. The new Oxford Transit Connect, renumbered as a local van used by the Rhyl lampman. Removal of the Response unit lettering. Nice model for your 'modern image' layouts. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I'll have a look out for that van next time I go shopping! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Merfyn, Nice models I like the roof rack on the transit was that scratch built? I think the oxford transit will open up quite a few opportunities. With regards to the Sherpa / Freight Rover the difficulty will be in identifying the width I am working on a couple of Sherpa van kits at the moment and think the kingfisher models kit could be widened without too much trouble (Hopefully) I have been searching the web to see if I can find out anything about the width of the Sherpa and given eth shear number of the vans that were around it is surprising how little info is out there, have seen a Haynes manual on ebay and wondered if that would have any dimensions in it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 The Tranny roof rack was from nickle silver handrail wire Gary. If you mean the lampman's van Bernard, it's long gone. The lamps in the Rhyl area went electric before I retired in 2010. In fact I can't remember when I last saw a Connect with Network Rail. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Oh well, that saves me looking. Thanks Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Found these in a book British Rail design by the Danish design council. Thought they may be of interest. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Found these in a book British Rail design by the Danish design council. Thought they may be of interest. The Leyland / Reeve Burgess bus looks like B912DMW which was staff transport at Margam depot. The Dodge S56 crew van was a fairly uncommon vehicle, although I did see one at Birmingham Moor St. I wonder who owned the Ford Cargo, it may have belonged to NCL. Facinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyddrail Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 In the BR Corporate Identity Manual as on the Double arrow website there is details of a Leyland-DAF Sherpa Pick Up does anyone have any images of any in BR yellow Gary, sorry not a very good pic of mine. There were a few down in Kent, this one was with the station cleaning team. Cheers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 In the BR Corporate Identity Manual as on the Double arrow website there is details of a Leyland-DAF Sherpa Pick Up does anyone have any images of any in BR yellow gary, when I was an apprentice at reading ODM, there was a yellow freight rover 400 series crewcab pickup, with NSE branding, no pictures though. The chargehand used to give out the jobs, then take the crewcab and spend all day building his house extension! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 here is a pic of a freight rover 200 series pick up, not sure where the pic came from, but defo not mine, so all credit to whomever took it! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Searle Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 The Leyland / Reeve Burgess bus looks like B912DMW which was staff transport at Margam depot. The Dodge S56 crew van was a fairly uncommon vehicle, although I did see one at Birmingham Moor St. I wonder who owned the Ford Cargo, it may have belonged to NCL. Facinating. Merfyn, It appears that The Magstar cargo was operated for BR by Mitchell Cotts Transport. Who were a large contract hire firm. Taken over in 1988 by I think Transfleet, part of the Lex Group. regards Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 here is a pic of a freight rover 200 series pick up, not sure where the pic came from, but defo not mine, so all credit to whomever took it! Think it is a 300/400 rather than a 200. Looks like twin rear wheels. Rarer than the crew cab version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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