MrWolf

I have been following these articles on. Converting the triang clerestories with interest. A friend gave me a couple of coach bodies a while back. I bought a few bits from Ebay and set about them all with a razor saw. I hope to be able to post pictures soon. They are made of a rather strange plastic that behaves more like Bakelite or mica, that said, all you have to do is cut steadily and make sure that you don't twist or apply too much force. I should have enough stock for my Shropshire based branch project without breaking the bank.

I have long since had a soft spot for the old Triang clerestories, no doubt due to my first train set being a very secondhand Lord of the isles set back around 1976. Somewhere I saw an M&SWJR brake 3rd made from a Triang brake 3rd, does anyone know about that one? If so, is there anything on the net re the conversion process? I have recently cut up two damaged brake coaches as per the articles on the GWR modelling site to make a 4 wheel brake and a scale (ish) length C22 all third. Whilst some purists may be sniffy about them, they are crisply moulded and provide options for those of us who like to be creative and cannot afford etched kits to make early and obscure stock. Perhaps I should have chosen a different career path to impoverished artist as I have expensive hobbies such as model railways, vintage motorcycles, girlfriend etc. (I know she won't read this!