Any Over the Counter LMS Coaches be Semi-Plausibly Used for NCC?

[Auto-Train Original]

I do not want to repaint (as I run LMS too) and using the three foot/onr meter rule anything I can put behind an NCC loco? Cheers in advance.

[Mol_PMB]

19 minutes ago, Auto-Train Original said:

I do not want to repaint (as I run LMS too) and using the three foot/onr meter rule anything I can put behind an NCC loco? Cheers in advance.

Do you have a particular era in mind?

Stock built by/for the NCC in the LMS period was generally in similar style to that built for the LMS itself, but there were always subtle differences in dimensions (length, width, arrangement of compartments etc) and of course gauge!

After a lot of NCC coaches were destroyed in a bombing raid during the second war, to replace them some former LMS coaches (including pre-grouping types) were transferred to the NCC and regauged.

So in principle there are quite a lot of RTR stock which 'looks right' from a distance, but very little that's exactly right.

The Bachmann (ex Mainline) panelled LMS corridor coaches would be a fair starting point. 

 

You might also consider a cheap secondhand copy of this book, which will give you much more detail!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LMS-Ireland-Mark-Kennedy/dp/1857800974

[Auto-Train Original]

I am thinking a decade or so before the UTA?

[Mol_PMB]

5 minutes ago, Auto-Train Original said:

I am thinking a decade or so before the UTA?

OK, so the UTA began in 1948, so you're thinking of the late 1930s, 4-4-0s and 2-6-0s hauling most passenger trains but no Jeeps yet.

Definitely the Bachmann LMS panelled corridor stock would be your best bet. Potentially also Hornby LMS suburban coaches for local services.

 

 

[Mol_PMB]

Have a look in Ernie's NCC album for some inspiration. There are some late 1930s photos here, and of course some of the carriages from that period remained in use well into UTA days as shown in the 1950s photos.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums/72157626750300070

Some examples from pre-UTA days:

 

[Auto-Train Original]

What about the old Graham Farish  LMS Corridor Coaches? I have a few of them. Do they have any NCC or even other Irish potential?

Sorry I meant the final decade before the UTA sorry. 

[Mol_PMB]

3 minutes ago, Auto-Train Original said:

What about the old Graham Farish  LMS Corridor Coaches? I have a few of them. Do they have any NCC or even other Irish potential?

From 3 feet away as you said, they would be fine.

The NCC's flush-sided stock was mostly non-corridor suburban vehicles, like this one:

Have a look through Ernie's album (and the book, if you buy it) and you can compare the stock yourself to see whether it meets your own definition of having potential.