Base models
FIVE Oxford Rail and one Bachmann DBSO were selected to model the six coaches pulled together by LSL to re-create, as closely as possible, a ScotRail Class 47 hauled push-pull set.
The Mk.3 coaches used in the push-pull set includes two Mk.3a TSOs and two Mk.3b FOs which are different from each other requiring some conversion work. The LSL set also includes a former Anglia MK.3a TSOB No. 10404 (former TSO 12010) which also demands some workbench time to undertake a conversion. Oxford Rail Mk.3s were used for all five intermediate coaches for consistency of detail.
Finally, the Bachmann former Anglia DBSO was modified with revised running lights. The project to complete the Mk.3 coaches can be done in a week or so if minimal repainting is applied to the Oxford Rail coaches, However, the DBSO needs a complete repaint and all of the coaches need to be finished with the correct numbers and legends.
Thoughts on painting
The coaching stock has to be finished in as consistent a manner as is possible with hand lining and spray painting. This brings in an important factor when modelling226 require a consistent finish to be applied to all of the vehicles for it to look convincing, unlike ‘loose’ coaches such as NPCCS vehicles.
