RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 9, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 9, 2014 Funnily enough had just used those two shots to model a couple in blue for a friend Left the gutters on though Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I want to put the lettering on a model of an ex-LMS 42' Bogie Utility Van shortly but I need to find pictures (preferably in colour) of ones in BR maroon livery. Can anybody point me in the right direction? All I can find so far are B&W shots of ones in LMS days and a couple in BR carmine in which the lettering is completely hidden under the dirt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben04uk Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I want to put the lettering on a model of an ex-LMS 42' Bogie Utility Van shortly but I need to find pictures (preferably in colour) of ones in BR maroon livery. Can anybody point me in the right direction? All I can find so far are B&W shots of ones in LMS days and a couple in BR carmine in which the lettering is completely hidden under the dirt! There are a couple on here: http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsparcels/h157ec466#h16bb1e3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Thanks Ben04UK, That's just what I needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Michael Delamar Posted May 28, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 28, 2014 Cravens Motor Parcels Van No M55997 by Jodel Aviator, on Flickr 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I am slightly kicking myself, or perhaps not that much after the cooling system of the car went pop yesterday & I had to send it to the garage. At the Aylsebury Railex show the other weekend one of the traders had a lovely little Wrenn van which would have fitted nicely with my growing collection of parcels stuff, but I held off. I don't know what it represented, but it was a wood-slated, diagonal-braced number in rather weathered BR blue. I hope it found a good home as it was rather nice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) I am slightly kicking myself, or perhaps not that much after the cooling system of the car went pop yesterday & I had to send it to the garage. At the Aylsebury Railex show the other weekend one of the traders had a lovely little Wrenn van which would have fitted nicely with my growing collection of parcels stuff, but I held off. I don't know what it represented, but it was a wood-slated, diagonal-braced number in rather weathered BR blue. I hope it found a good home as it was rather nice! One of these perchance (top left) ? http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/bushey-auctions/catalogue-id-2803795/lot-10042523 Brian R Edited May 30, 2014 by br2975 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Very similar, Brian, thank you for the link! I did do a quick internet search after posting above and they seem to be around so when I am more pecunious I may invest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Very similar, Brian, thank you for the link! I did do a quick internet search after posting above and they seem to be around so when I am more pecunious I may invest! Dapol now produce the once Wrenn ex-GW Fruit D. They can be got hold of as easily as a cheap suit. Typical link here; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/251476180236?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108&ff19=0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thanks also to 'CHARD! Having now discovered the car cooling system isn't just a hose it is probably also the thermostat it may be a bit longer than I thought before I can invest, but it's kind of you to show me where to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Or of course build a Parkside kit of a Fruit D, 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Another thought, westerner, thank you! I have also been branching out into military modelling (a long story relating to not having sufficient space for a layout in my new home & my original layout being 45 minutes drive away at my family home) and was thinking about building some wagon kits as a different exercise. As a bonus I have invested in an airbrush and have some RailMatch BR Blue so could get the look I was after 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 M55998_Coventry by robertcwp, on Flickr 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) M55998_Coventry by robertcwp, on Flickr Nice model! No bus on the bridge though. Stewart Edited June 1, 2014 by stewartingram Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted June 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2014 Stumbled across this thread quite by accident and will go back to page one and read through as parcels trains are somewhat of a favorite. In the mean time can anyone I.D. this? First-vehicle-in-trainFirst I thought it could be of Thompson origin but there's no narrow top lights. It's not a BR built GUV as it's clearly not a MK1 under frame. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted June 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2014 Stumbled across this thread quite by accident and will go back to page one and read through as parcels trains are somewhat of a favorite. In the mean time can anyone I.D. this? First-vehicle-in-train First I thought it could be of Thompson origin but there's no narrow top lights. It's not a BR built GUV as it's clearly not a MK1 under frame. Could be one of the CCT(E) converted from the Shenfield line stock in the early 50s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted June 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2014 This is a rather nice mixture... https://flic.kr/p/g4gph6 A few Southern Region Pictures A view long gone An unusual combination... Another class 74 out and about Class 73 at Winchester 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 57xx class no.3778. Birmingham (Snow HIll). 19 July 1963 by ricsrailpics, on Flickr 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I have from my youth an old Hornby operating TPO carriage (the one that could pick up and drop off a mail bag (don't have that bit though!)) in blue/grey. Is this based on anything in the real world of parcel trains? Or would it just be a mistake to try and slip it in woth some mk1 BGs and GUVs? Ta ta Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted June 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2014 57xx class no.3778. Birmingham (Snow HIll). 19 July 1963 by ricsrailpics, on Flickr Spent so much time where that picture was taken from I would have got the vote had I been old enough 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 (edited) I have from my youth an old Hornby operating TPO carriage (the one that could pick up and drop off a mail bag (don't have that bit though!)) in blue/grey. Is this based on anything in the real world of parcel trains? Or would it just be a mistake to try and slip it in woth some mk1 BGs and GUVs? Ta ta From your youth - depends how old you are In any case the 'operating' part disfigures the whole thing somewhat - but if it's the LMS one then it's a reasonable starting point........ Edited for spelling Edited July 4, 2014 by leopardml2341 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Thanks to all those who commented above about my mystery wagon. I picked up a SR CCT (for that it was) Parkside Dundas kit at New Cross last weekend and have got this far: It's fought me, and there's a way to go, but this has been a rather different way to build up the rake. I've not built a wagon kit in something like 30 or 35 years! Edit to add:Any tips about good transfers for it? Fox don't seem to do them, Railtech only have them in O, and Parkside Dundas only seem to do yellow. Edited July 17, 2014 by C&WR 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 17, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2014 Nice clean build on the SR CCT. There's always the trusty but fiddly HMRS sheet #15! Some on eBayPaul Bartlett's site has some good reference photographs too. Hope this helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90164 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Cambridge Custom Transfers may have what you want; www.cctrans.freeserve.co.uk/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90164 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 An excellent article by Steve Banks on BR Parcels trains in this months Modeller. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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