European Imports
I have recently had the opportunity to acquire a pair of Liliput European Narrow Gauge bogie coaches. I bought them from a fellow member of a 009 group on a popular social media platform. I bought two with the intention of creating my own version of Bodysgallen and a rendition of Coach 2060 on the Welsh Highland Railway.
I have so far reliveried one of the carriages into my own rendition of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway livery, using Indian Red and Cream. The pictures below show the carriage in it's basecoat before I add the first layer of Indian Red.
I still need to make some alterations to this model as the WHR coaches have gangways to allow passengers to seamlessly transfer between the carriages.
The more astute amongst you will be aware that my carriages are actually too long to be accurate renditions of the WHR carriages, but I will invoke Rule number one in this instance and repeat that they are intended as representations of the real thing.
I have enjoyed working with these premade carriages and have some big plans for them. I will need to create some suitable interiors for them and will put these on the back-burner until I have completed more of the scenery. I have ordered a third Liliput carriage to go with the set. I am considering how I might add a toilet compartment or a guards compartment to one of these carriages to allow it to run as a complete rake in itself. I will name it the WHR rake.... how original.
I have so far reliveried one of the carriages into my own rendition of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway livery, using Indian Red and Cream. The pictures below show the carriage in it's basecoat before I add the first layer of Indian Red.
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| Side by side with Vale of Elan to show of the differences in size. |
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| Sat in the station, ignore the large red splodge. The brush slipped. |
I still need to make some alterations to this model as the WHR coaches have gangways to allow passengers to seamlessly transfer between the carriages.
The more astute amongst you will be aware that my carriages are actually too long to be accurate renditions of the WHR carriages, but I will invoke Rule number one in this instance and repeat that they are intended as representations of the real thing.
I have enjoyed working with these premade carriages and have some big plans for them. I will need to create some suitable interiors for them and will put these on the back-burner until I have completed more of the scenery. I have ordered a third Liliput carriage to go with the set. I am considering how I might add a toilet compartment or a guards compartment to one of these carriages to allow it to run as a complete rake in itself. I will name it the WHR rake.... how original.
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