jimwal

1 hour ago, Sitham Yard said:

This is the variant built by BR to Diagram 1/200. Note the extra plank at the top of the body side.

Andrew 

Identical to LMS D2108. 

Source: 'An Illustrated History of LMS Wagons' by R J Essery.

                Volume One   (pp60/61).

Many thanks Robert.

I had seen the first three on your Flickr site but not the last one.

Many thanks Ben. I will have a look.

Richard, 

H & A Models had Ratio seats on their stand.

Ratio are now part of Peco Parkside.

What you need is:

PARKSIDE MODELS (EX RATIO 433) - 4MM COACH SEATING

It's under 'accessories and tools'

Just looked on the Bachmann Spares website. EFE Rail is shown as a seperate heading with the only listing as 'London Underground 1938 Tube Stock' with 'No products are found under this category'

1 hour ago, Nearholmer said:

We’re they purely ‘internal user’, or did they run over BR too? If the latter, I’m surprised they haven’t been the subject of a r-t-r model, or maybe they have, and I didn’t notice.

The wagons are not available RTR but I've a feeling the livery may have been used on the 'redemption hire' side-and-end door 20t vehicles available from Dapol and Hornby. These originally were a product of Airfix/GMR.

Being a near broadside view, looking at the proportions I would say that looks 9' wheelbase to me.

On 27/01/2022 at 23:54, jimwal said:

The GE van has headstocks as part of the body.

The chassis is held in place by small projections inside the body engaging in recesses in the edge of the floor. These can just be seen above the axleguard.

 

A knife blade or thin screwdriver blade worked in between the chassis and the inside edge of the side can be used to lever the side away and ease the chassis out.

 

The buffers don't need removing, they appear to be glued in.

 

 

 

GE van body removal

4 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

4th vehicle a horse box??

Thompson 6-wheel passenger brake van (BZ) by the look of it.

The GE van has headstocks as part of the body.

The chassis is held in place by small projections inside the body engaging in recesses in the edge of the floor. These can just be seen above the axleguard.

A knife blade or thin screwdriver blade worked in between the chassis and the inside edge of the side can be used to lever the side away and ease the chassis out.

The buffers don't need removing, they appear to be glued in.

No idea on tender types but the material dosen't matter, you are painting it aren't you?

Motors: forget the K's HP2M (top right), it will probably be a weak link, most were high revving and noisy.

The other two look fine, the smaller should fit wereas the larger may be a bit bulky.

The gearboxes look to be 'High Level' ones which may well do the job. Have a look at their website which has all the details and suggested uses.

2 hours ago, robmcg said:

By some curious distortion of container traffic patterns, we in the antipodes received these models before UK buyers.

Being closer to China than the UK?

6 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Can you stare at young ladies on the interwebthingy?

If you search 'Wizard Models' on Google, the list presented gives a selection in addidion to what we might expect here.

Clive, I hope when that buffet car was converted for use in a Clacton unit it was able to serve Angus steak!

Clive, by his own admission is a 'fat bald bloke' so he must have broke his legs!

Does the viaduct still carry an operating railway?

Clive could cut and shut a version from different colour viaduct kits for Sheff-Ex.

Well done Richard, especially the handrails around the ends that was puzzling you.

Maybe the BR 2-6-0 has been put back to focus on the new P2 which seems to had a fair bit of TV airplay recently . . . .

In 4mm the Dia O34 with the straight-down L-section side members and sack-truck door would be more welcome.

The earlier 'Open C' versions are covered by the Ratio kit.

Whilst this kit is of its time it is not bad and can be improved/altered to most earlier versions.

18 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

 

The steam heating system might call for two pipes? Or, was the carriage ever fitted for motor train operation using the vacuum-controlled regulator (VCR) system? (Did the LNER use that?)

Don't know of any two-pipe steam heating systems.

The LNER (and LMS) used vacuum controlled regulators for motor train operation which had occoured to me as the other pipe. 

These saloons were permitted to be propelled but didn't have any more than an emergency brake valve at the observation end. I believe the practice only ceased in recent years.

Could Richard's carriage been involved in trials of the VCR system before its general use?

The steam railmotors seemingly weren't up to the job so the railways needed a solution.

Jim

Youv'e a lot of pipes there Richard! The high placed one to the left looks like a vac pipe. The one curving over on the headstock has the typical shape of a Westinghouse pipe. So that leaves two, one steam heat and the other???

Note the Gresley bogies - is this a later date view than your modelling period?

Received mine today, on time.

Not expecting any problems on a 00 layout!

2 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

They were marked up 'Empty beer barrels only'

Poor security for full ones!

4 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Engineers Van Doncaster 1978 by John Law

 

 

Now at Mangapps Railway Essex. 

The loco and coaches looked good and ran well Richard. 

Thanks for sorting Colin G's problem.