Hello all,
Just a few questions about numbering of some repaints currently on the workbench;
(a) The Mainline GWR-pattern box van (as per the Ratio kit also, I think; Mink C?); I had a BR grey example which now has its body on a vacuum-braked Ratio underframe. Can anyone suggest sample numberings for the bauxite version?
(b) The Mk.I RMB; as originally built and painted maroon, which ones (if any) went to the LMR? No. 1840 was definitely a ScR example (as pictured in Chris Leigh's "Modelling BR; 1948-1968"), whilst I believe the first ten or so were to a slightly different body design, and therefore cannot be modelled using the Tri-ang RMB which I am currently painting.
(c) My proposed layout is based on ex-L&Y/ex-LNW territory in the West Riding of Yorkshire, therefore it's feasible that both LMR and NER stock could appear. Did many corridor coaches (particularly BR Mk.Is) receive the 'NE' number prefix, or was this confined to DMUs and Tyneside EMU sets?
(d) The Dapol meat van kit; haven't actually bought one to built up yet, but wanted to check the livery details. Is bright red (as per the Airfix kit which I owned - and clumsily destroyed[1] - 20ish years ago) correct? Or should maroon (as per the RTR Dapol van) be used? Or, indeed, is BR bauxite OK?
All help re. any of the above will be very welcome; replies to deb107 snipped-for-privacy@btinternet.com, please.
Thanks in advance, David E. Belcher
[1] I was only about 5 at the time; model railways at this stage were confined to a Lima starter set running on the living room carpet!