Lima container flats

[Trainfish]

Plenty of containers on eBay. This fellow seems to have a few along with other stuff. I've heard he's a really nice chap too 

[njee20]

I know nick arran was being referred to. I had other thoughts

I was just clearing up the confusion about the "hint" - it was nothing to do with pictures in this thread.

John's link looks good. Dodgy sounding eBay seller though, not sure I'd buy from him. Looks like someone who'd dress as superwoman

[crewearpley40]

I would not touch the bidding site
At least we can all contribute in a friendly manner to help gavin

[njee20]

Containers are one of those things which are actually quite expensive to buy new, and cheap on eBay. I would absolutely buy John's off him if you can find ones to suit.

[Trainfish]

Exactly. If they suit then put in an offer. If they don't then don't bid. I don't think the seller's weekend habits should come into it 

[Arran]

HI All

One step at a time on the container front , but when i do get round to them you can be assured they can only be equaled .



Regards Arran

[gavin_t]

No, Paul is hinting to Arran (who is C=Rail) that there aren't enough 70s containers in his range, which in N gauge RTR comprises 40' hi-cubes, 20' tanktainers, 30' bulktainers and 40' reefers.

Really Gavin it depends how accurate you want to be. Look at photos of a rake from your era, and see the sort of boxes that appear. 90s is a bit early for me, but I think of P&O, Maersk, Bell, Cosco. Farish do a good range - look on eBay; there are always wagons and containers on there. Wagons and containers are broadly compatible, you may need to use some double sided tape to keep them in place of you mix brands, but they'll be the right size.

Some great info there thanks @njee20
I will upload some of the photos of the rakes I have seen photos of when I get a chance.
From a nostalgic point of view  P&O, Maersk containers would be great as I used to have a OO railfrieght distribution class 47 and a couple of  P&O, Maersk container wagons as a kid. Was a present from my grand parents and was my pride and joy 
Hopefully it still resides in my parents loft somewhere 
So nostalgic interest and fits the era too 

[crewearpley40]

Other container carriers / shipping companies here gavin :  https://www.wish.com/product/5d89806816694345d5e0fa1f?from_ad=goog_shopping&_display_country_code=GB&_force_currency_code=GBP&pid=googleadwords_int&c=%7BcampaignId%7D&ad_cid=5d89806816694345d5e0fa1f&ad_cc=GB&ad_curr=GBP&ad_price=15.00&campaign_id=8163884845&exclude_install=true&gclid=CjwKCAiAv4n9BRA9EiwA30WNDwNb9VeG4DpUiYlt_uUnZ4ZsUNC_1_kLuuMe80s4gWkJ3F0FFeo0EhoCtDIQAvD_BwE&hide_login_modal=true&share=mobileweb 

[gavin_t]

Plenty of containers on eBay. This fellow seems to have a few along with other stuff. I've heard he's a really nice chap too 

why could I not see that when I searched ebay! I just got a load of cardboard containers kits...
thanks @Trainfish I will complete my research and get bidding! Funnily enough I wanted some BR blue coaches as well to mix in with my NSE stock 

[Trainfish]

I have no idea why you couldn't find them @gavin_t  but at least you can see them now. I have listed all the containers as used but many of them are brand new, just not packaged. The pictures are a good enough resolution to see what's new and what isn't I think. The coaches listed have hardly been used either. Good luck with bidding 

[njee20]

Other container carriers / shipping companies here gavin :  https://www.wish.com/product/5d89806816694345d5e0fa1f?from_ad=goog_shopping&_display_country_code=GB&_force_currency_code=GBP&pid=googleadwords_int&c=%7BcampaignId%7D&ad_cid=5d89806816694345d5e0fa1f&ad_cc=GB&ad_curr=GBP&ad_price=15.00&campaign_id=8163884845&exclude_install=true&gclid=CjwKCAiAv4n9BRA9EiwA30WNDwNb9VeG4DpUiYlt_uUnZ4ZsUNC_1_kLuuMe80s4gWkJ3F0FFeo0EhoCtDIQAvD_BwE&hide_login_modal=true&share=mobileweb

Worth saying that you don't want to buy any of those. Whilst they say 1:150 they're not, they're 1:160, and that's different enough that they'll look wrong next to British N gauge stuff. They're also all contemporary, and may not suit your period, if you're bothered about that! For example I think China Shipping is fairly recent.

Have a look on Flickr - just search Freightliner and a year of your choice, plenty of good photos. These are from searching Freightliner 1994:

Loads of Hapag-Lloyd, looks like some Mitsui OSK at the back

Maersk, Hanjin and Genstar all visible here, etc.

Depends how accurate you want to be really, I'm a bit of a container geek.

[crewearpley40]

Thanks was only pointing out the containers in the photo to suit the era not suggesting gavin goes that route. Good links that idid not realise.  Yes . Flickr can be a wealth of info

[martyn]

What's interesting about crewearpley40's link is how much the shipping industry has changed since the release of these containers as models.

Hanjin went bust before the release of the models.
China Shipping, OOCL, and COSCO, are now the same group (COSCO), and are changing to those colours.
'K' line, Hyundai, Hapag Lloyd and Yang Ming are now trading as THE Alliance and ONE consortium.
Maersk and MSC are trading independently, but run a number of joint services.

Martyn

[martyn]

Trying to remember what ran to Tilbury and Northfleet Hope 25 years ago........

Hamburg Sud (now part of Maersk)
Can't remember if Safmarine were still running there, or had been taken over by Maersk and moved much to Felixstowe.
'Containerships' had a service to/from North Europe and the Baltic.
I think OCL (not OOCL) had gone by then (Maersk again) and ACT.

I used to deal with some of these ships on a daily basis, but as things slowly changed, I didn't realise services started and finished, and now I can't now remember all of them......

There were, of course, a percentage of 'hired' containers not owned directly by the lines that were in use.

Later thoughts;

P+OCL; later P+O/Nedlloyd later still taken over by Maersk
Hapag Lloyd
DAL (Deutsche Afrika Linie) same run as Safmarine?
CSAV (later a major shareholder in Hapag Lloyd)
Nedlloyd before merging with P+O.
Borchard

Martyn

[crewearpley40]

Thanks martyn. Signs of the times. I model 70s to 90s and the changes. Seems to be a distant memory seeing grey freightliner boxes to what operates today. Hope my link provides a pleasant discussion