Monday, 28 November 2011

R&ER 16 seater "teak" coach No627

well as a slight interlude some modelling has been done... the commencement of the construction of a R&ER teak coach . the teaks where the advancement from the heywood derived bogie coaches and onto what we know today . the kit is a very elderly owen ryder produced item that i picked up part constructed last year and to be quite frankly it looked as though it had been sat on.all things straigtend out it now looks thus..

The coach will be finished in the preserved green livery  and allthough unlikely to see much service at dalegarth it will make a nice heritage train once running alongside the other Heywood coaches that are sat on the bench at the moment.

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

The Research & Development department v2

Well  Recent work has centered on  researching the Station buildings and attempting to source the Architects Plans which I am hoping can be viewed at the  lake district national parks offices in Kendal before too long and relevant copies made for use in Modeling the large spacious station and cafe building that was opened in 2006,
I also plan to make arrangements to visit the railway in the closed season to take measurements of some of the locomotives and coaches prior to construction taking place.