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Coaches on the cheap...
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:47 pm
by tom_tom_go
What do you all think of this?
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:38 pm
by ikcdab
You need to get the rerailing ramps out!
but coach looks great
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:59 am
by SpudUk
I've got two of them that I've repainted to look like German built BR Western Region coaches for a hypothetical 1980s steam railway.
Will probably move them on though as they don't suit my aesthetic now
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 3:52 pm
by laurence703
I have often thought of a rake of these to replace my 4 wheel LGB's but I never actually do because I can't really justify a fourth rake of coaches...
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:49 pm
by tom_tom_go
They are 45mm stock and my line is 32mm so that is why they look like they have de-railed.
I am happy with the coach given what I paid for it as the prices for 16mm are creeping up (Accucraft rolling stock prices are ridiculous these days).
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:34 am
by bazzer42
I have wondered about buying a couple to hack about, with some better plastic wheels I could leave them outside. Loading stock on the layout is always a chore.
Leave the TB insignia and run it as a sanatorium coach??
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:08 pm
by jim@NAL
iv seen these too there cheap and look quite good
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:25 pm
by Andrew
bazzer42:111949 wrote:I have wondered about buying a couple to hack about, with some better plastic wheels I could leave them outside.
Hmm... That's not a bad idea...
I wonder whether adding plastic strip as a kind of beading here and there would Anglicise (or Cymrify) them a little? Or just look a dog's dinner?
Looking forward to seeing how you get on with them,
Andrew.
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:45 pm
by bazzer42
Funny you said (typed) that Andrew, I thought the same yesterday looking at some W and L picitures of coaches. Sounds like a job for Peter Butler and his plasticard skills!
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:43 pm
by Peter Butler
Andrew:111982 wrote:
I wonder whether adding plastic strip as a kind of beading here and there would Anglicise (or Cymrify) them a little? Or just look a dog's dinner?
Andrew.
I particularly like the 'Cymrify' idea but I have doubts that Bazzer's comment (although gratefully received) is within my realms.
Whatever is done to these coaches will not alter their pedigree!