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The first five coaches all with roofs screwed down, but need spraying when time and weather permits. As I have a few of the Restaurant cars, 3 in the first 8 and 4 in the new lot of 6, I am making some up just as standard open coaches. As Restaurant cars go 1 is in maroon, 1 in Blood and Custard and I will do 1 in green, the rest just plain. The next item to work out is a new internal bogie frame for the metal wheels to give free running vehicles, I will get these etched to drop into the Tri-ang bogie.

 

Garry

 You might not need the internal frame for freewheeling coaches. I tried a simple approach of knocking out the old wheels and axles and replacing them with steam era 12mm gauge sets and the appropriate nylon bearings. Just had to drill out the axleboxes about 1/8 inch and mill away some of the sideframe to allow the wheelsets to drop in. All that was left was push the bearings in from outside till you get a nice fit with minimal end float and a drop of super goo from the outside holds it all together.

Neat and easy fit

Looks same from outside just need to fill holes

One sure freewheeling triang coach with minimal improvements, what a difference the black solebar makes

I am very impressed with how well the old coaches clean up with a good scrub of water. For more intense cleaning for painted coaches brake fluid is perfect. Both of these were painted very thickly, was amazed that a tatty choc and cream mk1 that I bought because you can unscrew the bogies and roof was a genuine blue grey. Even the printing was saved, same as the french wagon that was a thick brown.

Go West - Pet Shop Boys

Get Back - The Beatles

Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie

Back in time - Huey Lewis and the News

One Country - Midnight Oil

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

Sails of Silver - Steeleye Span

Hares on a Mountain - Steeleye Span

Faraway Man - Hunters and Collectors

Wee Wee Man - Steeleye Span

Yes, all of those would have been valid.  There are also electrified Russian gauge lines in Slovakia and Victoria (Australia) used to have electric locos on wider gauge.

We sure did have decent electrics in VR, in particular the L class courtesy of English Electric. I remember photoing and climbing over the withdrawn at North Melbourne in 1989. Great looking machines.

Good Vibrations - Beach Boys

If Ned Kelly Was King - Midnight Oil

Song for guy - Elton John

Bedroom Eyes - Kate Cebrano

Skoda jokes eh?

Bloke goes into a dealer and says "How about a fanbelt for a skoda" bloke behind counter says "Deal, That's a fair trade"

Autocoach perhaps...

Something in a non mainstream scale/gauge (S,1, 5.5mm, Z....etc)

It's Time to Say Goodnight - Henry Hill (1934) or Closing theme for Radio Luxembourg

That is what the instructions state but when I got the specified chassis, it was much too wide for the body (by several millimeters), there was no way the shell would fit on it.

 

 

 

I parked the project in bafflement and have not got around to starting it again. I have been vaguely hoping that I would see someone else complete one so I could pick their brains. 

Oh that's a right pain especially if you don't like endless filing to reduce body and chassis. I managed to file and shape a kato mikado to fit in a minitrix decapod body to create a passable l1but what a chore to make it fit.

Well Tasmania is an island in Oceania...

Something French that looks like it should be in the Hornby AcHo catalogue

Triang TT big prairie

Something Scottish..

IIRC as well as the turbine engine, it also had a small diesel engine for use when shunting. I know the innards of 18000 are all gone but I sometimes daydream that the diesel engine could be reinstated allowing it to move under its own power again.

 

I agree a model would be great. I have an N Gauge kit sitting in my UFO pile which actually looks like it would make up into a nice model if I could find the right chassis.

 

 

18000 has been under the wires before though.

 

 

IIRC the langley N gauge kit used an Atlas chassis so finding something appropriate shouldn't be a problem

Diamonds are Forever - Shirley Bassey

This has gone to far, i'm throwing in the gavel.