Miamigo259
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About a year ago, I produced a thread about producing an Argentine style carrage using parts from a couple of NQ cheap coaches and concluded (about last March time) by saying I would use the remainder of the parts to make a composite/luggage carriage to go with it.
Well I've finally made a start.........
Baggage cars are called a "Furgon" in Spanish, which isn't too removed from the French term "Fourgon", though it actually appears what I am producing is classed as an "F.U.", which appears to stand for "Furgon Unica" apparently, as it has a passenger section as well.
Anyway, I'm not going into great details about the construction methods - look at last years thread for that - but I have built a new Baggage section for the car from 2mm thick styrene sheet as shown in the photos below. The end doors from the two carriages have been reused as the baggage compartment side doors, so very little has gone to waste from the original 2 NQ coaches - basically only the original roofs and the end platforms!
Will post a few more pictures as and when work progresses.
Well I've finally made a start.........
Baggage cars are called a "Furgon" in Spanish, which isn't too removed from the French term "Fourgon", though it actually appears what I am producing is classed as an "F.U.", which appears to stand for "Furgon Unica" apparently, as it has a passenger section as well.
Anyway, I'm not going into great details about the construction methods - look at last years thread for that - but I have built a new Baggage section for the car from 2mm thick styrene sheet as shown in the photos below. The end doors from the two carriages have been reused as the baggage compartment side doors, so very little has gone to waste from the original 2 NQ coaches - basically only the original roofs and the end platforms!
Will post a few more pictures as and when work progresses.
