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IP Freelance Coaches

Post by Red Rock » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:04 pm

Over the past month I have been building these IP engineering freelance coaches. I'm pretty pleased with how they have turned out. There was a bit of a debate on the colour scheme though, we didn't know whether to go varnish or paint. In the end it was between blue and cream or varnished.......as we have no other wooden coaches we went for the varnished look! Inspired by a BR Gresley coach, they are teak with a pine overlay. I think they look rather smart.
Whole set with my Russell
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From afar....
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So the kits were the two compartments with Luggage compartment coach
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Three compartment coach
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And the two compartment with guard compartment coach
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Whole set from the front
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Whole set from the back
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Other side
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The railways project manager is satisfied it’s a job well done!
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I’ll post some pictures or maybe a video of them running during their official test runs!
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Post by LlanpwllBrynwyn » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:16 pm

Looking good! I need to get my second freelance coach fitted. Finished the guard with 2 comparment carriage in blue and cream. Makes a nice contrast to the varnished ones
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Post by Keith S » Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:45 pm

Those do look smart. I have been wondering what kind of coach to build next; I think I shall make one of those.

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Post by Red Rock » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:46 pm

LlanpwllBrynwyn:73983 wrote:Looking good! I need to get my second freelance coach fitted. Finished the guard with 2 comparment carriage in blue and cream. Makes a nice contrast to the varnished ones
It may have been your Blue and Cream coaches that I saw which gave me the idea of colour scheme. I think B/C looks really nice in their own way, maybe that livery on the next set of coaches!!
Keith S:73995 wrote:Those do look smart. I have been wondering what kind of coach to build next; I think I shall make one of those.
They are nice and fairly simple to build. I think I spent more time preparing all the part than assembling. I prefer to do all the painting on them first then assemble, I find that's the easiest way. Considering that all three coaches where from the same range bought at the same time there were a number of differences. One was the door vents on two coaches were wood yet one was white metal castings!
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Post by Red Rock » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:47 pm

A few pictures of the coaches on their test runs hauled by my Silver Lady......
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Post by LMS-Jools » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:24 pm

Very Nice, I am sure Mr Gresley would approve. 8)

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Post by Sylvian Tennant » Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:59 pm

I love what youve done there. The nice to see a rake of different types of carriages toon I would just like to ask Are those the buffers that came with the kit?
And were there any further improvements add on or were the built out of the box?

Well done though. Top work :-)

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Post by Red Rock » Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:16 pm

Sylvian Tennant:74019 wrote:I love what youve done there. The nice to see a rake of different types of carriages toon I would just like to ask Are those the buffers that came with the kit?
And were there any further improvements add on or were the built out of the box?

Well done though. Top work :-)
Thanks for the comments. The coaches are built as they come out the pack, the only thing I may add is some roof vents so I'll keep an eye open at a show for some! The kit comes with IP buffers but I bought some Roundhouse styled buffers and fitted those instead because I have a problem with IP buffers "Bufferlocking" through points and on corners. The Roundhouse ones have less of that problem.
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Post by Red Rock » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:07 pm

Here is a video of them in action.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilgMvHdbnOA
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