WHR 26

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:35 pm

A few months ago I decided to scratchbuild welsh highland railway coach number 26 in the rainbow livery. Below are pictures showing the sides and drawings from which I worked from. I have built the sides using a number of layers of ply to as to get proper window frames and not just having plastic stuck on the inside as per my previous attempts. This has probably been the reason for why I am only just beginning construction as I have had to get each layer to line up perfectly, this hasn't always happened. I will keep you updated with photos as the coach progresses but I am currently awaiting my bogies and wheels to arrive so I can judge whether I need to cut out holes in the floor so as to accomodate the height. After this I have everything I need to finish!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:39 pm

Looks brilliant, I've built (and rebuilt!) one of these but in the form of number 24 as running on the Welsh Highland Railway and I look forward to seeing this progress.

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:59 pm

How come everybody's scratch built models are allowed to be posted apart from mine which was removed

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:40 pm

What model was that Hancock?

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:58 pm

A bug box

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:28 pm

I can't remember seeing you posting a topic which was about you building a bug box

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Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:32 pm

It was called ''I caught the bug''

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:32 pm

Me niether
Slightly back on topic I have a book of 7mm scale drawings of WHR stock. Its good.
I'd love a model of gelert!

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:58 pm

Is it the 7mm association one? I was going to get this but the place where I looked didn't have any in stock. I still had the ffestiniog one from building my MOTY entry last year and luckily this coach was in that.

andysleigh · Post by **andysleigh** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:13 pm

Hancockshire wrote:It was called ''I caught the bug''

*tumbleweed

doesnt ring a bell

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:45 pm

Quick update as I have made quite alot of progress since before. I now have on order everything I need to complete the coach so it shouldn't be long before it is complete. One picture shows the lettering ready for painting.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:55 pm

Looks fab! What other details are you adding? It is all about the detail!

I am going to try and enter moty this year- it is now official!

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:08 pm

When you say one of the photo's shows the lettering ready for painting, what am I looking at?

Are they commercial letters that you're going to paint and then fix to the carriage? or are you making some kind of stencil to paint directly onto the side?

It's just that I'm considering all the options, including transfers, for lettering my own stock, ta!

90733 · Post by **90733** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:17 pm

Very nice coach. Like the colour

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote: I am going to try and enter moty this year- it is now official!
What?

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:18 pm

Looks marvelous, and somewhere along the line you've overtaken my latest scratchbuild which is still stuck in the paintshop

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:18 pm

the letters are laser cut. Will from the C&NLR cut them for me as all his whr stock have them. I enquired and he offered to make them as I was also wondering where you get them from.
Other details include footboards, grab handles and door handles obviously, chassis stretchers, vacume pipes although I need to modify the ones I bought, things that hold up the roof, safety chains, door hinges, people and a dog. I am also waiting on chopper couplings from brandbright, if they aren't made in time then I will use accucraft ones, but they are slightly big. The roof will be planked on the underside and covered on top.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:20 pm

join the que. I'm waiting on brandbright choppers too! have been since late november!

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:23 pm

They said that it is almost certain that they will be in before stoneleigh, I hope they're right!

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:36 pm

laalratty wrote:Looks marvelous, and somewhere along the line you've overtaken my latest scratchbuild which is still stuck in the paintshop

I try and paint as I make the parts. Simply because I will always get paint over bits that I don't want to!

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:38 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:I am going to try and enter moty this year- it is now official!

Any clues?

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