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Left hand side of P53 - tantalising glimpse of coach. Can't identify it. Was it a CR coach?

Me too! you should ask for commission

If you scroll down this section to a post I put up on coach lining you can see one of the Worsley Works 45' I built. I found it very easy and I'm ham fisted. I've never mastered the arcane art of soldering so like all of my models its stuck together with glue. Some of my models are 40 years old and ...

Thanks Jim, finding it a bit difficult to pop out to the bookshop at the moment. Stay safe!

Thanks Jim, so was it an empty carriage or a break?

In the train formations they talk about a leader. What was this?

I suggested this last year. As I said then Hornby must have produced these in their thousands. Rather than produce models of obscure prototypes why doesn't the Association sponsor AIDS to modelling such as authentic lining.

Sorry photo did not copy across - try again

Another alternative. The coach on the right is the Worsley Works 45' with transfer lining. The one on the left is the Open 3rd made from cuttings I got York Modelmaking to do for me. The panelling is just as Mr McIntosh did it all those years ago in that there are two layers, the base layer with the...

I had similar ideas to your own. I experimented with a metal template you can get in Hobbycraft which has a similar shape outline. The problems are ink flowing under the template and getting the right shade of white. I also thought of the adhesive sticker idea with silhouette cutter. I don't possess...

I'm a big fan of Caley Coaches but up to now I've demurred at building one of the flush sided 57 footers. I bottled a previous attempt and finished it in LMS colours! But I thought I'd bite the bullet and commissioned some transfers of what I believe are called 'stadia' - the oblong off-white shapes...

To answer my own question if anybody's interested I was reasonably successful with Burnt Sienna toned down with a bit of white.

I had to amend the drawing as as drawn it is too flimsy for laser cutting. Slightly less proto but more practical. Amended drawing attached. I had hoped to attach photos of what you get when printed and some of the stock items I chose to use but the files are too big to attach. I realise I'm hopeles...

Has anyone tried to colour match the shade of red on the old triangle coaches?

Thanks Jim,
you are absolutely right

I have grown tired of trying to adapt proprietary models to look vaguely like CR signalboxes (and the Bachmann offering doesn't cut it for me) so I thought I would have a try at getting one cut using this new technology. I have used it for a McIntosh 50 foot open third and been very pleased at its p...

Thanks Jim, the window info was great, thank you. I'm hoping to move the topic to Modelling Resources shortly and invite comments. I'd be interested in what you think then. I'm aiming to produce a fairly basic shell that people can augment with available proprietary products or detail themselves to ...

Both Jims - absolutely brilliant guys - thank you very much. I'm hoping to produce a set of laser cuttings which I hope will benefit everybody.

Thanks Jim,
Yes there are a couple of drawings which I actually find quite hard to read. (not to criticise the wonderful book). I make the window dimensions to be 6'6" X 2'3". But is that standard?

Were there standard dimensions for Southern District S4 signal boxes ie the tall narrow ones with two panes?

Why don't we produce the tender attached to the pug? Hornby must have produced these in their thousands. Surely we could all retire on the profits

Thanks Mike

Could anyone suggest what a typical load might be? Please don't say boiler tubes. Would it be a single large diameter tube or a number of smaller diameter tubes of what sort of diameter?

I stick a sewing needle into an old paint brush handle then snip across the eye. You can be quite sophisticated according to what size needle you use and how far down across the eye you snip.

Are these recordings part of the crassoc files? I have a couple I could donate.