Having got in after slaving over a Cold Garden, I wanted a little bit of Warm Workshop Work that was a change from the Rollwagens. So I broke out some Newquida Coaches that have been sitting in their Boxes since I moved just over a Year ago. Back in March 2012 I bought 2 Red and Creme HSB ones from that nice Mr 2 Jags. They were £39 a pop, and even at the current £48 I consider them to be great value.
Now these two needed to be brought up to speed in the reliability stakes. I do the following Mods to ALL my Rolling Stock:-
- Metal Wheels, LGB if I have them, but Bachmann are very acceptable. I have loads of Rolling Stock that runs just fine on these Wheels.
- LGB Couplings with a Hook at Both Ends.
No stock of mine is allowed to run without the above being carried out. A further Mod that is in the process of being carried out is to add Nylon Washers to cut down side to side flop. Any Coach or Wagon that derails through no fault of the Operator is looked at seriously and gets these if needed.
Now to the nuts and bolts of my Conversions, this only took around an Hour to do this evening. So no big deal time wise.
First Job was to take off the Roof on the 3 Coaches selected for the Bash.
1 of each Type shown here.
A quick look through the Rush Bits Box as I now call it found some of these. What they are is Toilet Compartments from Bachmann USA Coaches that Andy had bashed into the Swiss Style Caches that can be seen in his thread.
These were glued in with a piece of the Black Plasticard to make a Privy. White Plasticard was glued to the Window. There is a space in the seating for all this to go as it were. This gives you this:-
Next the End Rails are taken off the Slope Coaches and one of the Red and Creme ones. This Pic shows the screws to undo. They are the two to the Outside.
Fit the removed arts on the opposite coach. These are the parts that will be swopped over.
Finally put the Roofs on the opposite coach and there you are job done. 3 uniquely different Coaches for my Harz Line.
In view of the recent reappearance of these and some of the apparent controversy it has caused, I thought that a bit of positive messing about with these would be appreciated by the Forum. I have lots more that I wish to do with these:-
Painting of the inside, the Red is very Garish.
Figures
Weathering
This will all be attended to in good time. Meanwhile I have a Railway to Build!
JonD
Now these two needed to be brought up to speed in the reliability stakes. I do the following Mods to ALL my Rolling Stock:-
- Metal Wheels, LGB if I have them, but Bachmann are very acceptable. I have loads of Rolling Stock that runs just fine on these Wheels.
- LGB Couplings with a Hook at Both Ends.
No stock of mine is allowed to run without the above being carried out. A further Mod that is in the process of being carried out is to add Nylon Washers to cut down side to side flop. Any Coach or Wagon that derails through no fault of the Operator is looked at seriously and gets these if needed.
Now to the nuts and bolts of my Conversions, this only took around an Hour to do this evening. So no big deal time wise.
First Job was to take off the Roof on the 3 Coaches selected for the Bash.
1 of each Type shown here.
A quick look through the Rush Bits Box as I now call it found some of these. What they are is Toilet Compartments from Bachmann USA Coaches that Andy had bashed into the Swiss Style Caches that can be seen in his thread.
These were glued in with a piece of the Black Plasticard to make a Privy. White Plasticard was glued to the Window. There is a space in the seating for all this to go as it were. This gives you this:-
Next the End Rails are taken off the Slope Coaches and one of the Red and Creme ones. This Pic shows the screws to undo. They are the two to the Outside.
Fit the removed arts on the opposite coach. These are the parts that will be swopped over.
Finally put the Roofs on the opposite coach and there you are job done. 3 uniquely different Coaches for my Harz Line.
In view of the recent reappearance of these and some of the apparent controversy it has caused, I thought that a bit of positive messing about with these would be appreciated by the Forum. I have lots more that I wish to do with these:-
Painting of the inside, the Red is very Garish.
Figures
Weathering
This will all be attended to in good time. Meanwhile I have a Railway to Build!
JonD
What I could do and what I can do now - the gap gets wider. But nothing spoilt as you say. When you get some tranfers made up they will look really good.
