commerlad Posted yesterday at 11:27 Posted yesterday at 11:27 OK lads Identification help required. I just bought 2 Old Atropos Schull & Skibbereen Open Wagon kits, 3 Old Atropos Schull & Skibbereen Open Cattle Wagon, An old SixteenMills West Clare Horsebox kit and this Coach Coach 2 So any ideas or is it just someone's creation? I;ll get the Superglue out while you have a think. 1
commerlad Posted 20 hours ago Author Posted 20 hours ago (edited) Try again Coach Any better? Edited 20 hours ago by commerlad
jhb171achill Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 56 minutes ago, commerlad said: Try again Coach Any better? No - this leads to a link which needs a password. It has a domain name dot io …. which seems odd.
commerlad Posted 19 hours ago Author Posted 19 hours ago (edited) Coach Think this should do it, though why is turned upside down? Edited 19 hours ago by commerlad 1
Broithe Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago 38 minutes ago, commerlad said: Coach Think this should do it, though why is turned upside down? It's there for me now. This might be easier for people. 2
jhb171achill Posted 17 hours ago Posted 17 hours ago (edited) That’s an original 1887 Cavan & Leitrim coach, converted to a brake compo by CIE. Edited 14 hours ago by jhb171achill 1
commerlad Posted 14 hours ago Author Posted 14 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, jhb171achill said: That’s an original 1887 Cavan & Leitrim coach, converted to a brake third by CIE. Thanks, I wondered if it was a true model as it was with the specific kits. Seller has posted more kits on his site and I am now watching with more interest. The garden railway may need to be expanded. Edited 14 hours ago by commerlad
jhb171achill Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago 55 minutes ago, commerlad said: Thanks, I wondered if it was a true model as it was with the specific kits. Seller has posted more kits on his site and I am now watching with more interest. The garden railway may need to be expanded. Well, it is and it isn't - if you look at the right hand end of it in that pic, the roof just ends, without enclosing the balcony (as at the other end). That would have to be rectified, but I see that the bits for the balcony railings appear to be included. I must look at what else there is there out of interest. On a more minor detail, and easily fixable, what appears to be a white line above the windows should be pale green, as on other CIE-liveried coaches. For garden railway scale, it's a nice model indeed - I'd be tempted if I had a garden railway. Who's the seller? 1
Colonel Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago I think the other end just needs completing. A bit strange for someone to leave it like that, considering it is already painted, but looks a nice model. Indeed, crying out to be finished off with three teddy boys perched on the balcony as per that wonderful picture in Michael Whitehouse's book.
commerlad Posted 5 hours ago Author Posted 5 hours ago (edited) 9 hours ago, jhb171achill said: Well, it is and it isn't - if you look at the right hand end of it in that pic, the roof just ends, without enclosing the balcony (as at the other end). That would have to be rectified, but I see that the bits for the balcony railings appear to be included. I must look at what else there is there out of interest. On a more minor detail, and easily fixable, what appears to be a white line above the windows should be pale green, as on other CIE-liveried coaches. For garden railway scale, it's a nice model indeed - I'd be tempted if I had a garden railway. Who's the seller? It was complete until DHL (DROP IT,hide it,lose it) had their hands on it. All the missing parts were in the box. Hence why I originally said I'll get the superglue. The photo does not do it justice either, even the cabling on the roof for the (working) lights and interior is done. I;m getting these Through GRS (Garden Railway Specialists), Princes Risborough. Second Hand. But Atropos were about in the 90's (even though these kits are still sealed), and did quite a bit of Irish NG. As well as a lot of prototypical Welsh NG, not the usual freelance stuff that is now sold. Edited 4 hours ago by commerlad 1
jhb171achill Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago I had a look for them online. I had never heard of them, still less their (very nice) Irish stuff. And yet, I was doing G scale in the garden then (but Spanish prototype).
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