Described as G Scale, these could be right for Gauge 3. Look interesting. Anyone know what they are?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3x-Metal-Coach-Bodies-G-Gauge/124316824224?hash=item1cf1dc32a0:g:U-kAAOSwf9teEKoh
Mike
(https://i.ibb.co/f1KB7p4/s-l1600.jpg) (https://ibb.co/f1KB7p4)
They look the right length and profile for b set guards area replacements?
hmmm? wonder if by any chance it's dave owen, he is in chester area and packed in g3?
Were any of the Midland 6-wheel coaches unpanneled?
John
Ashley, don't think they're Dave Owen's, last time I saw him he was down to a Pavie loco and a few point levers.
They seem rather narrow for G3, at only just over 6 1/2 feet wide. At first I thought they might make up a single BR Suburban composite with brake, but the flat sides and narrowness make me change my mind.
You are right Tim. I calculated it at 7ft 6in wide, but made an error. never was good at quick mental arithmetic!
They look nicely made though and I wonder whether G3 carriages could be made the same way.
Mike
Mike .. I was thinking that too.. rolling that is an art
Apparently they are aluminium and the vendor knows nothing more about them.
Mike
Rolled aluminium coach shells have been used in Gauge 1 for some years and a major producer has been a chap called Peter Alliot. I believe his process involves broom handles.
He doesn't have a website of his own, but this site here contains a little info: https://www.stevegoldingmodels.com/coaches-and-locomotive
Ian