Lynton and Barnstaple carriage kits, a joint venture
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:34 pm
As some of you will know I'm a bit of a fan of the L&B. specifically the gorgeous carriages that they ran. Having a young family has meant that the wonderful offerings from accucraft have unfortunately been out of my price range (and in the wrong colours). I was lucky enough to get hold of a tenmille full 3rd kit and that satisfied me for a little while. Once completed though this kit had left me wanting more. I began looking at various options (plasticard/ plywood scratch builds, grs kit, etc) but none of these options were as exciting to me as what came next.
Searching through the forum I came across a thread about laser cutting where mike aka WVLR had mentioned to someone that he might be able to help with some parts. A swift pm resulted in a simple plan to have a go at producing some carriage sides. As I began to draw out the sides in 16mm scale I started to think about what other parts would I find awkward to make at home, again a quick email and mike agreed that we would have a go at some other parts.
What happened next developed VERY quickly. Mike informed me that he wanted to produce some parts that he could sell and I wanted carriages. The idea again evolved that together we would produce the drawings and then mike would manufacture the basic parts for ALL 17 carriages. A busy week or so of scaling and drawing and then converting to cad and here we now find ourselves. This morning the postman delivered to me the first 4 carriages in kit form.
Here are the photos of the 4 kits that arrived.
Carriage 1&2
Carriage 3&4
Carriage 7,8,9&10
Carriage 11,12,13&14
I cannot wait to get these kits put together!
Searching through the forum I came across a thread about laser cutting where mike aka WVLR had mentioned to someone that he might be able to help with some parts. A swift pm resulted in a simple plan to have a go at producing some carriage sides. As I began to draw out the sides in 16mm scale I started to think about what other parts would I find awkward to make at home, again a quick email and mike agreed that we would have a go at some other parts.
What happened next developed VERY quickly. Mike informed me that he wanted to produce some parts that he could sell and I wanted carriages. The idea again evolved that together we would produce the drawings and then mike would manufacture the basic parts for ALL 17 carriages. A busy week or so of scaling and drawing and then converting to cad and here we now find ourselves. This morning the postman delivered to me the first 4 carriages in kit form.
Here are the photos of the 4 kits that arrived.
Carriage 1&2
Carriage 3&4
Carriage 7,8,9&10
Carriage 11,12,13&14
I cannot wait to get these kits put together!
