Early LNWR four wheeled coaches.

[john lewsey]

I have had in my possession for some time some LNWR four wheeled coaches. These are very old kits but with some detailing and Painting scrub up quite nicely. The prototypes dating from 1860s-70s and to my mind are rather attractive models. As I have things to finish I thought that I would do just that.
John.

 

[michael mott]

There is something about 4wheel coaches whatever their stripe that I find really appealing!
Michael

 

[timbowales]

There is something about 4wheel coaches whatever their stripe that I find really appealing!
Michael

That’s the beauty of modelling one of the GWR’s absorbed South Wales mining branches. 4-wheelers lasted a long time there.
Tim T

 

[john lewsey]

There is a superb photo of some of these coaches on Ian Rathbones website.

 

[john lewsey]

With kind permission from Ian , a photo from his website of the coaches that I am making.

 

[Lancastrian]

John,

Will you be asking Ian to paint yours?

 

[john lewsey]

John,

Will you be asking Ian to paint yours?

Hi ,no I will be painting them all, I painted the two in the photo ,mine won't be as good as Ians but I will give them my best shot .( Or at least I will try)

 

[Mike W]

Just interested John, do you know the origin of the kits? The 21ft van you've already done must be a Barry Jones (Modellers World), or one of the people that took them over. And Ian's example is one of his very early kits, before he changed the artwork. Are the three carriages John Dale's Old Originals?

Mike

 

[john lewsey]

Hi Mike , I think that they may be. They are clearly an old design, but I think that they scrub up quite nicely.
John

 

[john lewsey]

Just interested John, do you know the origin of the kits? The 21ft van you've already done must be a Barry Jones (Modellers World), or one of the people that took them over. And Ian's example is one of his very early kits, before he changed the artwork. Are the three carriages John Dale's Old Originals?

Mike

Mike ,do you know when they were first made ?

 

[Mike W]

No, but I'll ask him now .....

Mike

 

[Mike W]

John Dale reports that I was only partially correct. He wrote:

"I never marketed the 7mm version myself I sold a copy of the artwork to Tim Hughes, he drew up a brake 3rd to go with my all 3rd and 1st/2nd comp. I've no idea when this was perhaps early 2000's."

Mike