My latest Carriage.....

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:32 pm

.... is going to be based on the Welsh Highland railway Ashbury buffet car. As with the rest of my prototype stock the length is roughly to scale but the height and width are to suit my loading gauge. The drawing has been done, so work should start soon when I get some 4mm thick ply for the floor and ends. I will keep posting photos as work continues so you can all see what goes into scratchbuilding coaches. Bogies and wheels will be from Brandbright, and couplings and vac pipes from IP engineering. As for when it will be finished, god knows

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:02 pm

I'm looking forward to this, I'm sure it will be up to the excellent standard that all your other models are.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:04 pm

Thanks, if your lucky it might be runnable when you come up

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:15 pm

How many coaches will taht make in your train 6-7?

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:25 pm

Oooooooh, sounds great! I need to build some coaches to suit Edrig, as mine are rather small. I have 2 sets of bogies...

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:09 pm

ptlrcecil wrote:How many coaches will taht make in your train 6-7?

not 6 not 7 but 8

well actually 2 rakes of 4 but im sure me and LMSjools will couple them together one day and double head them up his 1 in 60

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:18 am

Ooh, another coach, how about doing a buffet car sometime? 'Kathryn's snacks'

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:19 pm

This is a Buffet Carr

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laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:32 pm

riveresk wrote:Ooh, another coach, how about doing a buffet car sometime? 'Kathryn's snacks' ;)

Do you read postings properly or are you just trying to be annoying

it certainly would not be Kathryns snacks, you've already got K C Glover publishers on the W and L van
By the way the signiture from Ivor the engine is much more relevent than the Doctor who one

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:37 pm

Fine then, but just remember who bought you that van

.

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:37 pm

Domestic!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:59 pm

This is what I was afraid of when riveresk joined the forum!!!!!!

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:04 pm

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:21 pm

And I thought that we were being perfectly civilised. I still think that the buffet car is a good idea though.

My job = making suggestions and my brother refusing to carry them out due to creative differences,

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:28 am

Thats the way of the world.

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:20 pm

So laalratty, any progress yet beyond drawings?

Any chance of seeing 'Kathryns snacks', sorry, i mean your Ashbury inspired buffet car yet? or perhaps a shot of your drawings?

How long do you think it'll take to build. I started scratch building a carriage 4 and a half years ago. Still unfinished! Although to be fair, I didnt have a clue what I was doing back then, so its probably best being used for fire wood!

Bungle80a

ptlrcecil · Post by **ptlrcecil** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:15 pm

Well you could set it alright and do a john fox style photo shoot.

bungle80a · Post by **bungle80a** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:10 am

ptlrcecil wrote:Well you could set it alright and do a john fox style photo shoot.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:58 pm

Sorry with being a bit late replying, I've spent 2 days trying to self distruct myself on the pway gang at Ravenglass

Might put up photo of drawings if I can get one to come out well, the floor and ends have been marked out on wood ready for cutting out, and most of the wood for the rest of the coach is in stock, but completion timeing could be weeks

or months

as I am rubbish at trying to gestimate how quickly it will take to build something

riveresk · Post by **riveresk** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:02 pm

Hmm, my guess would be that you finish itbefore I leave for Uni in September - just. Have a good time up at the Ratty?

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