Metal coach bodies

MikeWilliams · Aug 30 2020 21:34

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

keith Bristol · Aug 31 2020 12:28

They look the right length and profile for b set guards area replacements?

AshleyW · Aug 31 2020 12:38

hmmm? wonder if by any chance it's dave owen, he is in chester area and packed in g3?

John Branch · Aug 31 2020 14:10

Were any of the Midland 6-wheel coaches unpanneled?

John

LankyTank · Aug 31 2020 15:44

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.

Peaky 556 · Aug 31 2020 19:21

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.

MikeWilliams · Sep 01 2020 09:17

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

keith Bristol · Sep 01 2020 20:44

Mike .. I was thinking that too.. rolling that is an art

MikeWilliams · Sep 02 2020 16:43

Apparently they are aluminium and the vendor knows nothing more about them.

Mike

Traininvain · Sep 02 2020 17:13

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

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