Deben Valley Laal Railway

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:49 am

Ah, must have kept this one a secret...

Many thanks to Laalratty for building these for me, the two laal ratty 3ft gauge carriages which after the original laal ratty closed came to the DVLR! Now then, I am about to paint them into Olive and Elm but how exactly shall I paint them. Two elm stripes like the B and W carriages or just Olive bottom Elm top?

Many thanks for the excellent service from laal. He built removable rooves specialy for me and the models are as close to scale models as you can get.
I might just add that I ordered these when I had next to no passenger stock. Since then I have developed a large fleet!!

SLRmidge · Post by **SLRmidge** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:04 am

I've seen them in person & they're very nice. Now you just need a Manning Wardle to go with them.

DVT Dweller · Post by **DVT Dweller** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:45 am

Very nice looking Zach,

If it was me I would go with your loco colours blue with white.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:53 am

That would look nice but I am far to into Olive and Elm, its just deciding which bits should be olive and which elm...

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:21 pm

very nice indeed

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:35 pm

Personally I'd suggest keeping it simple - green below the waist and white above, with green or black ends. The obvious alternative would be to paint all the framing in olive and only do the upper panels in white, but this would not look so good IMHO.
At any rate, they are beautiful models - but then we wouldn't expect any less from Laalratty, would we? Now all you need is an R&ER 0-6-0T to run with them

I wonder how that would look in GER blue with a white roof?

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:49 pm

Now all you need is an R&ER 0-6-0T to run with them I wonder how that would look in GER blue with a white roof?

Absolutely fantastic as nearly everything does....

Right, I'll get on with painting then....

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:29 pm

And here is the brake carriage post painting looking very smart indeed in my opinion!

Sorry about the poor pictures, only just removed the tape!
And yes I am about to clean up the windows...

90733 · Post by **90733** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:35 pm

Very, Very nice, you've done a good job

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:09 pm

Very nice, good job

When you've got the other done they'll look great together

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:57 pm

Right, both are now painted with transfers applied and on their axles, I've also added end steps.

The small handrails in the rooves are really just a way for me to quickly tell which was round the rooves go!

90733 · Post by **90733** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:00 pm

Brilliant

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:20 pm

beautiful

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:40 pm

Excellent, and they do look good with the Millie, which was the whole idea. Slightly surreal to see "my" carriages almost ready to enter service on a line a couple of hundred miles away...

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:52 pm

Looking really grand now, nice work on both sides.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:50 pm

Where are the lil decals from Zach? Probably obvious, but I can't remember.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:09 pm

Brandbright, a tad pricey but very nice indeed, I am also numbering all my stock with the number supplied.

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