thompson/gresley teaks

[portland-docks]

ok so iv decided to reinstall train sim on my laptop, when i notice on the back of the lner expansion pack that it mentions that you get "gresley teaks" and "thompson teaks"....well i know what gresley teaks look like....produced by dapol and minitrix....but the thompsons? are they the farish sort?

[EtchedPixels]

ok so iv decided to reinstall train sim on my laptop, when i notice on the back of the lner expansion pack that it mentions that you get "gresley teaks" and "thompson teaks"....well i know what gresley teaks look like....produced by dapol and minitrix....but the thompsons? are they the farish sort?

No the Farish old LNER coaches are a random work of fiction.

Thompson corridor stock is available in kit form (replacement sides for the Farish mark 1, optionally update the roof vents/underframe and if you want the bogies are a straight swap for N Gauge Society Gresley 8' bogies which is an easy way to get the right look for them). Thompson non corridor stock is available as full kits.

Very few ended up in teak except in preservation. The first few were built just before BR took over, the rest under BR. Most therefore were crimson/cream or maroon. Some started life in LNER brown.

Somewhere between the two there is a wide range of Gresley steel stock which is not generally available (something I do intend to fix)

Alan

[BernardTPM]

Here's a nice preserved example http://www.srpsmuseum.org.uk/10077.htm and one that was actually LNER built. As built they were finished in a painted teak livery, complete with wood grain (horizontal below the waist, vertical above). The oval toilet windows are a distinctive feature. Being an early example the corners of the windows are square, but later builds were slightly rounded to help combat corrosion. The side corridor vehicles had doors at 1/3 and 2/3 positions with toilets both ends and the compartments grouped in twos or threes so there wasn't a long trek to the doors.

[portland-docks]

Where can i get these kits?

[EtchedPixels]

Where can i get these kits?

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

for one. I've not done the vinyl sides in teak  or brown although I don't think it would be hard to do that. Teak is surprisingly easy to paint anyway as the multiple shades hide all the brush marks