Lynton and Barnstaple carriage kits, a joint venture

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Lynton and Barnstaple carriage kits, a joint venture

Post by LnBmad » 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
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Carriage 3&4
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Carriage 7,8,9&10
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Carriage 11,12,13&14
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I cannot wait to get these kits put together!
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Post by jay1976 » Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:06 pm

you will be buzy then for some time.

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Post by LnBmad » Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:09 pm

3 more carriages to draw out and then they are all done. Then it's a case of putting them all together. I can do roughly a complete carriage per week with all the detailing when scratch building so these should be a little quicker.
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Post by Andrew » Sat Aug 17, 2013 3:06 pm

Those look great! A carriage a week is incredible! I reckon on 6 months each for mine, although most of that time is usually spent finding lost bits and tools due to the muddle I work in...

Good luck with 'em,

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Post by LnBmad » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:59 am

So here's the work done on carriage 1 so far.

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The chassis is drying for carriage 3, and I'll be building the 2 remaining chassis tonight.

Really excited for the next parcel from mike, should have the bogies and the internal partitions.

More photos to follow.
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Post by The Denying Dutchman » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:12 pm

Looking great sofar. You're clamping "tool" is very clever, simple but effective. Much better than 20.000 clothespins and a few dozen of clamps!
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Post by LnBmad » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:47 pm

Carriage 1 now with roof. Note carriage 7 has been started under the books ;)

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Post by LnBmad » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:42 pm

Bogies and pivot for coupling fitted, being test run to check for any issues. Click on link below :p

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Post by LnBmad » Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:16 am

Beading applied on one side. Really happy with the finish so far!

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Post by Andrew » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:16 am

LnBmad:87908 wrote:Beading applied on one side. Really happy with the finish so far!
I'm not surprised - looking great!

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Post by Narrow Minded » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:40 am

Really nice! :D
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Post by laalratty » Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:54 pm

Looking very good
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Post by METHSSNIFFER » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:17 pm

L and B White metal bogies from Tenmille will finish it perfectly. They do the transfers as well as the correct style brass door handles amd lamptops. What height are your coach sides?

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Post by LnBmad » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:21 pm

The bogies mike has made look good being honest! The door vents I am making a master part and will then cast my own in resin. Door handles ill buy in. Lamp tops I will machine my own am then cast them in resin aswell.
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Post by LnBmad » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:40 pm

What measurement do you want of the carriage sides METHSSNIFFER? If its the actual side height (not from rail) it's 98mm.
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Post by METHSSNIFFER » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:49 pm

Thats 6' 6" 98mm, just got a tenmille kit L and B on the shelf, thats 90mm do you know the correct height of the prototype.
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Post by LnBmad » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:54 pm

565mm x 98mm
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Post by LnBmad » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:56 pm

I scaled up from the measured and drawn book as well as looking at the tenmille kit I built. Should be right +/-1mm
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Post by METHSSNIFFER » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:03 am

Thanks for info

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Post by METHSSNIFFER » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:51 am

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From these drawings I've measured height at approx 6' with the solebars being 6".

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