Claptowte Railway - Passenger Coach No 17 First/Third Auto-trailer

[Henri]

What an interesting concept! I found this page, with lots of pictures: Gwr auto train hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

 

[David1226]

What an interesting concept! I found this page, with lots of pictures: Gwr auto train hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Henri

A delightful collection of photographs, you can see where I got my inspiration from.

David

 

[ge_rik]

Another fine build, David. Just wondered if you were going to add a large round bell/gong to the front of the coach?

Rik

 

[David1226]

Another fine build, David. Just wondered if you were going to add a large round bell/gong to the front of the coach?

Rik

Shtoopid irriot, you no rooking, wot yoo fink brass fing on front is.

David

 

[ge_rik]

Shtoopid irriot, you no rooking, wot yoo fink brass fing on front is.

David

Duh....... I should have gone to SpecSavers ......
I think I dropped a clanger .......

Rik

 

[dunnyrail]

Shtoopid irriot, you no rooking, wot yoo fink brass fing on front is.

David

He no lika da flied lice.

 

[David1226]

The Claptowte Railway auto-train having a run in the sun, 14.7.2022. The train is made up of Coach No 16, an all Third auto-trailer and Coach No 17, a First/Third auto-trailer, with locomotive No3 Yvonne providing the motive power.



David

 

[MrSqueaky]

Part 3 of 3

The last thing added was a driver figure. This was a standard LGB driver figure, salvaged from elsewhere and modified by removing the fire iron and the base on which the figure stood. I cut through the neck, to rotate the head, and the elbow, to move the arm before gluing them back on. The figure was then be repainted.

The finished model

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David

A great conversion David and the blow by blow illustrations with explanations is just so inspiring