Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by Paul_A_C » Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:40 am

Two more wagons from the fleet. Both are scratchbuilt.
The box van is completely freelance.
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The brake van is loosely on a Ballymena and Larne prototype. It is shorter and does not have the outside framing on the ends of the full size van. The tail lamp works and there is also an internal light. The later is quite dim, like an oil lamp and can only be seen in the dark. There is also a representation of the stove, but you can't really see it unless you peer in closely.
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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:31 am

Wonderfull builds Paul, I love them :thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright:

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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by ge_rik » Mon Oct 08, 2018 12:05 pm

Nicely done. :thumbright:

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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by Paul_A_C » Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:22 pm

FWLR wrote: ↑Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:31 am Wonderfull builds Paul, I love them :thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright:
Thanks Rod, much appreciated.

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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by Paul_A_C » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:55 am

Kit built bogie van. The body is close to the WDLR Tool Vans, one of which was included in the 6 vehicle Workshop Trains. The bogies came supplied with the kit. I added the truss rods etc to add extra detail. The doors were designed to open, which I achieved, adding the internal detail which was a guesstimate. 10 years later, Roy Link published the excellent WDLR Album, which shows reality.
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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by steamgeorge » Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:04 pm

Those working doors look great. Is the kit also from swanswood?

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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by ge_rik » Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:51 pm

Very nice looking van, and beautifully finished. I like the colour, too.

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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by Paul_A_C » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:29 pm

steamgeorge wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:04 pm Those working doors look great. Is the kit also from swanswood?
Yes. The late Felton Fowler (Mr Swanswood) lived locally to me and was a one time member of my local 16mm group (2 Moors Group). In my early days of 16mm modelling, I bought a number of his kits. I found that they went together well and the instructions were exemplary. So they should be as I understand that Felton had been a teacher.

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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by Paul_A_C » Mon Oct 22, 2018 2:33 pm

ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:51 pm Very nice looking van, and beautifully finished. I like the colour, too.

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Thanks Rik. I cannot remember what the colour was, but I would have been from the Humbrol range. I did not keep a note of it and it was built over 10 years ago.

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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by LNR » Mon Oct 22, 2018 11:38 pm

That's a nice looking van, can't help but admire the door hinges and other iron work.
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Re: Bideford, Clovelly and Hartland Light Railway

Post by FWLR » Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:54 am

I agree, that the doors are brilliant and the ironwork is great.

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