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I'm currently flitting between two projects at the moment to provide realistic rolling stock for my L and B Lew and Bowaters Superior, one of my Bowaters Coaches is finished now and I've painted it in SKLR colours circa 1980 [ the previous white was changed to cream on arrival of the ex C and U coaches ].


16mm Scale SKLR Bowater Coach made from kit by UniqueNarrowGauge by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
16mm Scale SKLR Bowater Coach made from kit by UniqueNarrowGauge by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
16mm Scale SKLR Bowater Coach made from kit by UniqueNarrowGauge by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
16mm Scale SKLR Bowater Coach made from kit by UniqueNarrowGauge by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
16mm Scale SKLR Bowater Coach made from kit by UniqueNarrowGauge by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
16mm Scale SKLR Bowater Coach made from kit by UniqueNarrowGauge by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
16mm Scale Bowaters Resin and White metal kit components laid out by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr
16mm Scale Bowaters 3D CAD image for CNC machining components by uniquenarrowgauge, on Flickr

Work of sheer genius..... beautiful finish and detail.

Very nice  :)

Absolutely fantastic. It's hard to believe it's not the real thing!

Hi CNC,
Well done.
Is the superstructure from plasticard, or have you managed to achieve that level of finish on a wood surface?

Tim

11thHour:112761 wrote:Hi CNC,
Well done.
Is the superstructure from plasticard, or have you managed to achieve that level of finish on a wood surface?

Tim

Hi Tim,
The superstructure is from laser cut 3mm birch ply and 1.5mm for the doors and window frames that has been sanding sealed and then sprayed with cellulose paint, the butt joints at the ends were thinned down on a table saw so they didn't look too thick.
The roof is a two piece resin casting.

That's VERY nice indeed, beautiful work.

Ironically, considering it's such a lovely model, it reminds me of my own attempt at building an 009(-ish) model inspired by one of these when I was aged about 13. Believe it or not, the thing utilised the cut-down body of a Triang Thompson LNER carriage and had a slightly furry finish where dust got into the gloss paint as it dried. I'm very glad no pictures survive...

Cheers,

Andrew.

Thanks Andrew,
I also was inspired by a 009 layout which we used to take to exhibitions when I was a member of the SKLR I was about 14 then.
The layout was quite well done and what I liked was the viaduct that ran around half the layout in a continuous loop, there was also a few bits of rolling stock which were quite well made, I used to scratch build engines for the layout and I did 0-6-2 Triumph a couple of times. It is my intention to build a similar portable layout but in 16mm scale which will help publicise the railway.

John

cncmodeller:112933 wrote:Thanks Andrew,
I also was inspired by a 009 layout which we used to take to exhibitions when I was a member of the SKLR I was about 14 then.
The layout was quite well done and what I liked was the viaduct that ran around half the layout in a continuous loop, there was also a few bits of rolling stock which were quite well made, I used to scratch build engines for the layout and I did 0-6-2 Triumph a couple of times. It is my intention to build a similar portable layout but in 16mm scale which will help publicise the railway.

John

I think I know the one! I've never seen it for real, but if I'm right it featured heavily (including on the cover?) in a book on narrow gauge modelling, the first I owned on the subject. It was a fine little layout - I'd love to see something similar in 16mm!