After contacting Allen Doherty at Worsley Works I have been pleased to discover he can supply the etches for the carriages that will be required for the layout. He already has a set of seven variations of bug box on a sheet and these have been ordered for starters. These work out at £16.00 per vehicle.
Allen will produce a sheet of bogie coaches provided at least two are purchased. I intend to commission a sheet covering the following:
19/20 bow sider
Brake composite 12
21/22
Curly Roof van
another to be decided
The aim is to be able to represent both pre and post Colonel Stephens era rakes when combined with the carriage available from Malcolm Savage.
The etch will include bogies and will cost around £115. If you are interested in an etch, leave a comment an I will give you further information. What do you think the final carriage should be?
RAILS TO BLACK ROCK A blog about the construction of a 5.5mm scale model of a fictitious Ffestiniog Railway branch line to Black Rock Sands via Borth y gest. This was a railway that was proposed in real life but never built. Although a model railway, the model has an equal focus on the distinctive architecture of North Wales.The picture above gives an overall view of the area of the village being modelled.
As you know I am interested in this etch.
ReplyDeleteAssuming that the final carriage can be a bogie coach, I would think it should be either the other type of bow sider (17/18) or a large Brake Van like 4/5. There are picture of the latter with Palmerston in the 1920s.
I look forward to seeing how you get on with the bug boxes.
Yes I wondered about that. I like the idea of having both variants of bow sider. Do you mean the brake van version with no passenger compartments, and wide vertical panelled sides. I have certainly seen pictures of this in use in this version into the 20s. I really need to see pictures of what versions Alan has produced. I have a load of unbuilt 009 etches to compare, but not this vehicle. The bug box etches have arrived. I will post pictures later.
ReplyDeleteYes, the longer brake vans that became coach 11 and 12 in 1929. They appear to have been used constantly on mainline trains.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to be listed on the Worsley Works site as "4/5 Brake Van (Spooner) 1880"
Well if I had two sheets I could make up enough carriages for a red and green rake with several combinations of brake vans. The spooner brake van often seemed to run with the 15/16. I have a 009 etch of 21/22 it is the 1897 version with match boards and stoplights. Boyd says they were called the 'Yellow' carriages and were seldom used in passenger rakes due to their poor ride.
ReplyDeleteAs there were two identical Spooner brake vans, there are quite a few photos of both of them at Tan-Y-Bwlch with one on each train. As you say, 15 & 16 where almost always found with one, which I why I would like a Spooner brake.
ReplyDeleteThe photos I have of 21/22 clearly show a two tone colour scheme, which I reckon is red with the top half in yellow.
They appeared to be used as an extra coach on busy trains, a substitute if a coach was in the works or at the end of a quarryman's train where the 4 wheeled Ashbury's were used before.