Edwardian GWR - am I mad?

[JanW]

Curious though about chassis options. Is there anything like a Peco wagon or brake van chassis they could be plonked on? The bodywork itself doesn't look impossibly difficult, but chassis building is not something I'm ready for just yet!

2mm Scale Association member David Eveleigh sells suitable etched chassis kits.
For details: http://www.2mm.org.uk/small_suppliers/davideveleigh/index.htm
The chassis are listed under 'sheet 10'.
The Association also sells conversion axles to use Farish RP25 wheels on 2mm wagons/coaches.

Jan

[EtchedPixels]

And to answer the original question - you can do an easy cheap and ok from a distance chassis for almost any four or six wheel coach with some Peco wagon or brake chassis and a hacksaw. Have a go at an etched chassis - it looks better and while it sounds scary it mostly consists of sticking layers of stuff together and *not* folding it up too early.

The bearings are a **** but if you put them on a piece of hardboard and juggle the main part of the etched chassis over them then glue them into place it's not too difficult (have a few spares handy).

For reference the vehicles on

http://www.ultima-models.co.uk/catalogue/lbscr.html

are all done using Peco chassis.

Alan