Carriages

Suspect I am not alone in having more than one project on the go at any one time. Whilst layout work takes place in the attic, there’s almost always a second smaller project on the go on my modelling desk down in the study. 

Layout work has progressed slowly, with a start being made on the track changes required. This is noisy work and so is restricted to when I have time during the day when daughter is at school with desk work being quiet, the latter is progressed when time is available in the evenings.

A combination of working some family friendly shifts recently and having been hit over the last fortnight by a nasty chesty cough and flu / Covid style bug had resulted in limited energies for modelling and few visits to the attic.

However, it has meant that I’ve been sat at my desk and have completed two carriage projects that have been part built for nigh on a decade now.

Both are built from ‘SER-kits’ kits and are ideal light railway items of rolling stock.

The first is a coupe saloon, the choice being inspired by the LSWR Royal Saloon that once ran on the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway and is a rather nice resin kit.

The second is a birdcage brake van, inspired by the fact that the Derwent Valley Light Railway ran a six wheel version of right up until the late 1960’s. I’m hopeful that I will be able to run the MVR in two time periods, the 1930’s and also the late 1960’s inspired by the DVLR example.

This kit was formed of layers of laser cut styrene and any South Eastern aficionados would instantly be able to spot some glaring errors in my build, for my light railway it will be an ideal van for goods and the early morning milk trains.