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if you wanted to get rid of the grain when painting give it a few coats, rubbing down between each one. This will leave you with a nice smooth finish. Coach is looking nice though, I like the shade of the interior.

Very nice, good livery How about a pic of all your stock

Great looking coach Just needs a mamod in front now

Looking good, If you need a drill you can get a handrills in argos for about a tenner.

Excellent!! After making up the VoR Bogie Summer Coach I have just ordered, I shall be purchasing 2 of these to go either side with my VoR Brake at the back

Looks well - I normally drill the buffer beams for the couplings BEFORE I start assembly - it's MUCH easier! This applies to all kits I build that don't have pre-drilled holes - even then, I check that the couplings will fit before I start assembly.

How easy are these kits?

How easy are these kits?

I wouldnt say they are that hard at all, but i havent built this one ive built the VoR Matchboard Guards Van and that has a few more bits But it went together really well no hassle with it at all, there's a picture of the finisheed article in my HWLR thread.

taliesin001 wrote:if you wanted to get rid of the grain when painting give it a few coats, rubbing down between each one. This will leave you with a nice smooth finish. Coach is looking nice though, I like the shade of the interior.

Thanks. I like the look of the grain though. I think that it suits it quite well

Sir Clothem Cap wrote:Great looking coach Just needs a mamod in front now

I know. I can't wait. I will get the money for it sent off on Monday

90733 wrote:Very nice, good livery How about a pic of all your stock

Here you go




I should point out that the coach is now finished. The hooks for the couplings are paper clips. A very cheap easy solution. Once the glue cures fully, it should look better

I like that collection of stock, with the mamod coming you'll be sorted

Woo a good looking train you have there. is the box van behind the 4 plank wagon attempting time travel?

Have you laid any track in your garden?

Whatver happend to the bug box? that was very good!

Sir Clothem Cap wrote:Woo a good looking train you have there. is the box van behind the 4 plank wagon attempting time travel?

Have you laid any track in your garden?

I haven't got a box van. If you mean the guard's van, no, it's not the new Tardis. I just put my new 7th Doctor figure (11 doctors set release) there just to show it off. I have a little bit of track in the garden but my dad wont let me build. I'm quite happy to take stuff to open days though seeing as there is a garden railway a couple of streets away

90733 wrote:I like that collection of stock, with the mamod coming you'll be sorted

Thanks. I do like my collection of stock a lot. I was quite happy to have my Brandbright GS6 & my Ip guard's van but with the coach in the middle, it really looks the part. When the Mamod is mine, it'll be a very fine train to run. It'll be great fun to receive comments at open days.

I do like the kit. It was very easy to assemble & the parts are well made. I have been after one of these since I joined the forum back in 2008 & I'm very pleased I've now got one. I do love it's lines. very fine but it's also my heaviest item so I would need more power to have the full train shifted at garden railways so i'm glad I'm buying the Mamod

no the brown fronted one!
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Sir Clothem Cap its the Coach not a box van as you can see the outline of the windows on the side of the reflection

aah the double reflection fooled me

UPDATE!!!

I found my tin of cream paint. The upper half has been painted in the stuff. Looks like an IoM VoR hybrid . It looks very smart & at the time of typing, it's still drying!!! Last night & tore the roof off & cleaned the windows. Looks a lot better now. Pictures are coming when I get the SL1 so watch out