Coaches on the cheap...

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:47 pm

What do you all think of this?

ikcdab · Post by **ikcdab** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 10:38 pm

You need to get the rerailing ramps out!
but coach looks great

SpudUk · Post by **SpudUk** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 11:59 am

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

laurence703 · Post by **laurence703** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 3:52 pm

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...

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:49 pm

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).

bazzer42 · Post by **bazzer42** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:34 am

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??

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:08 pm

iv seen these too there cheap and look quite good

Post by **Andrew** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:25 pm

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.

bazzer42 · Post by **bazzer42** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:45 pm

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!

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:43 pm

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!

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