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These really are superb. Seeing what you have done has encouraged me that I might have the skills to have a go myself in due course at heavy kit bashing or even scratchbuilding.

Thanks for sharing it with us. I look forward to seeing the finished products.

Soar Valley Light:96350 wrote:These really are superb. Seeing what you have done has encouraged me that I might have the skills to have a go myself in due course at heavy kit bashing or even scratch building

I personally think the kits are fairly light!!

Good one Brian!

You have to bear in mind though that I'm fundamentally a platelayer. All the bashing we do tends to be heavy, we don't have a hammer under six ponds!

Soar Valley Light:96385 wrote:...I'm fundamentally a platelayer...

Really?In that shirt and tie?! That's pretty posh platelaying...

Lovely carriages St Michael, they'll look great out in the garden...

Andrew.

Your coaches are brilliant

Andrew:96399 wrote:

Soar Valley Light:96385 wrote:...I'm fundamentally a platelayer...  :D

Really?In that shirt and tie?! That's pretty posh platelaying...



Andrew.

Ah, professionally I'm a platelayer but at heart I'm a Signalman!

Hi all.
A quick update of the progress:






I´ll be back with more info...

This project has grown on me..... I like the rustic, antique finish of the woodwork, the quirky seating and balcony arrangement, and your vision to see the possibilities from the basic kits in the first place.
Brilliant!

I agree with Peter, I love that 'antique varnish' effect.

Must say I wasn't sure initially, but it is looking very nice now that it is coming towards completion

Thank you for all credit. I almost get a bit embarrassed  :oops:
Anyway, here are some thoughts about this project: I think these kind of coaches were ment to be pulled by horses, in city tramways..(correct me if I´m wrong) And I believe they where used in South America...
I actually tried to by one on Ebay a couple of years ago, but it became to expensive, I lost the auction.. And so, a half year ago, I was struck by the idea how to build them (Anyone who would like to copy the Idea: feel free to do so)
About the warm colour: It is a mix of two artist oilcolours, Yellow ochre and Orange yellow, higly dilluted with white spirit. And after painting -directly wiped off with a cloth.

Now the two coaches have reached the same ready-level. I have been working with the magnet connection of the roofs. I have used one of my favourit materials: Meccano, wich gives magnetic contact and at the same time gives strength to the entire roof construction. Because of the open half of the coach, I wasn´t able to hide the connection points, but I am going to paint most of it in some discreet colour. Does anyone know if I can paint the actual magnetic surfaces, or better not?




It seems like there is a god grip in the magnets. On the second coach I used a bit bigger magnets, and they gave an even better result. I am going to use this method on loose roofs on some other of my coaches

Those are looking very nice!

Clever idea using Meccano and magnets..... I see no reason why painting the magnetic surface should cause a problem, after all, the Meccano is painted and still attracts! Possible 'slippage' might occur so perhaps some sort of locating stops attached to the corners under the roof might help?

Well...Think I´m almost ready, so far. You can always arrest me for all the little things that should have been there: security chains on the balconys and a lot of textile (curtains) hanging on the open part of the coaches, and a lot more.. The door handles are beeing glued on right now and dont´ appear on the photos below. Regarding the curtains they might appear in the future, but for now I´m satisfied with full visibility to the benches.


The buffer beams caused me some thinking, and adjusting. First the where a bit low, so I glued another small ledge on the top of them. The rounded tips on the beams end didn´t work out for me, so I cut them down to the actual width of the coach.



Here are the coaches behind "Gösta" (Regner Vincent) to which they where built



As I mentioned earlier, I still have enough parts to build a small goods wagon of some kind

Possible 'slippage' might occur so perhaps some sort of locating stops attached to the corners under the roof might help?

Peter: The roof struts that i built the planking roof on are situated on places so they "lock" the roof and prevents it from slipping
Michael

A good job well done! You should be pleased with the end result having stock different to anything others have.
I noticed after sending the post that the roof struts were in a position to keep the roof in place. Well thought out!!!
Next project please........

They've finished up looking really nice and so at home with the engine. A little goods van would look the part, somewhere to put the luggage. Well done.

They are truly delightful - enter them for the virtual MOTY at the National Garden Railway Show!

Marvelous things, I like them alot! How heavy are they?

I'll order two?

Joking aside, great models