Isinglass Models new N gauge carriage kits

[martyn]

Did you do any more of your own 3D prints, Roy?

Very good work on the isinglas ones.

Martyn

[Roy L S]

Did you do any more of your own 3D prints, Roy?

Very good work on the isinglas ones.

Martyn

Hi Martyn

Re: my own prints, I haven't done any more work on them to be honest, in fact I haven't done much CAD work or 3D printing for a fair while for a variety of reasons. Although superficially the coaches looked OK, I was having difficulty keeping the sides from distorting even though a fair bit thicker than the Isinglass ones. I know I can do better, but to be honest, even at my very best, my limited skills and equipment mean there can be no comparison to what Andy at Isinglass produces.

Re: the Isinglass kits, thank you for your kind comments. I hope that by showing pictures of completed models made by an average modeller such as I, it may encourage more people to purchase them and have a go, a kit complete with everything but wheels and glazing comes in at under £30 which I think very reasonable for a limited production model made in this way.

Of course the motivation is partly selfish -  the greater the take-up, the more likelihood there is that Andy will invest more time and effort in the N Gauge range of LNER coaches and other bits.

Roy

[EtchedPixels]

I still have a crapload of Dapol Gresley bogies (with footboards) if anyone needs them for this. If they do let me work out what to do about selling some.

[EtchedPixels]

A recent addition to the Isinglass N range of kits was some 51ft Gresley coaches including suburban types. For any modeller of the LNER or BR Eastern Region these are very welcome, there hasn't been a complete kit of any 51ft stock since the rarely found Ian Kirk ones from the early 70s and never any ready to run.

Could have fooled me  but good to see someone else has taken up making them

[thebrighton]

Could have fooled me  but good to see someone else has taken up making them

Indeed, I have a rake of your suburban's 

[martyn]

And me.

Ultima (prior to EP) also did at least the 51' BG.

I think Ultima full kits for other non-corridor diagrams came with Bill Bedford sides, the rest of the parts being Ultima.  I have some Thompson non-corridors from this source, as well as from EP. As yet, I'm not looking at the non corridor coaches, but the 52' bogie corridor coaches which initially were built for the GE section. As were all but one of the BGs.

Martyn

[Roy L S]

A recent addition to the Isinglass N range of kits was some 51ft Gresley coaches including suburban types. For any modeller of the LNER or BR Eastern Region these are very welcome, there hasn't been a complete kit of any 51ft stock since the rarely found Ian Kirk ones from the early 70s and never any ready to run.

Could have fooled me  but good to see someone else has taken up making them

My apologies Alan, I really should have remembered that you made kits of these coaches too, I now recall seeing them on the EP website, I would have bought some too but they were out of stock.

Roy

[EtchedPixels]

And me.

Ultima (prior to EP) also did at least the 51' BG.

I think Ultima full kits for other non-corridor diagrams came with Bill Bedford sides, the rest of the parts being Ultima.  I have some Thompson non-corridors from this source, as well as from EP. As yet, I'm not looking at the non corridor coaches, but the 52' bogie corridor coaches which initially were built for the GE section. As were all but one of the BGs.

Martyn

NC Thompsons were done in at least three forms
- Bill Bedford etches with some Ultima bits to make it up
- An etched Ultima kit for a 4 car set
- The 3D print / etched combos

The 52' bogie stock was afaik never done. It was apparently planned at some point before I took over because there's a resin roof casting master (with the 2mm SA now) and most of the other bits would have been reusable so it would just have needed some new etched or printed sides.

[martyn]

Thanks for the info.

I built-at least-two Thompson NC brake thirds from the Ultima/Bill Bedford combination in a kit supplied by Ultima. I also have Gresley composite, of which I'm not now certain of its origin, but most of the rest of my NCs are from your own range, both Thompson and Gresley.

The combination kits were one of the earliest sold by Ultima, I think, and may have been a bit of a test build.

The 50' BG is listed in the last Ultima catalogue produced (which I still have) but I never ordered or built one, so. I didn't know it wasn't actually produced.

Martyn

[Richard Taylor]

I believe Alan at Worsley Works did do a run of sides for the 52' Gresley corridor stock. Pretty sure I have some in the gloat box!

Richard