I found the lot on line (it's here Vintage Railway Carriage VERY RARE WOULD MAKE A GREAT PROJECT | eBay) and it's certainly interesting. Almost certainly not worth the asking price, but might have enough going for it that it may well appeal to someone. The coach has distinctive semi-circular topped doors, which I can't place, and it's actually sitting on an ancient AEC truck chassis, which seems remarkably complete. Steph
Some early GER Boat Train stock had round top doors LNER Encyclopedia: The Great Eastern Railway: Coaches Col.
Met Railway stock also has curved tops to the doors. I agree less likely than GER in that part of the country though. Is there a lot of surfing in Dereham? Brian
This beauty was restored Carriage & Wagon News: COMPLETION SPECIAL: Great Eastern Railway Brake Third 853 although not Boat Train stock it is commuter stock but has the same round top doors.
I wonder if Richard de Camin is digging out the masters of these two kits this evening? At over a £100 each for a fairly basic 7mm resin/whitemetal kit I'm tempted to sell the ones that I have. They were sensible money when I bought them a few years back. O Gauge GWR Outside Framed Cattle Wagon, Dia W2, Resin/Whitemetal Kit, Unmade. | eBay O gauge GWR Mica, Meat Van, Dia X7 & X8, Resin Body, Lost Wax castings. | eBay Dave
Open mouthed astonishment... I think it’s possible to obtain kits for both vehicles from other sources, I’d guess for less than half these sums. nowt so queer as folk. Simon
The madness is all sweeping, crossing Oceans too Scratchbuilt - O Gauge - Cadbury Works Bournville 0-6-0T Tank Locomotive - WOW! | eBay
A truly beautiful model! English is such a flexible language. It looks like a saddle tank I made when I was 8 or 9 in approximately O scale but the only wheels I could get were Romfords so near scale apart from too many spokes. Mine was made from zinc sheet just about soldered together then sprayed green from a can. I think it made a one way trip to the tip many years ago. The pick ups are a wondrous thing. And it looks like BALL BEARINGS.
Just another case of someone who has not got a f*****g clue of what they are looking at, which we seem to get a hell of a lot of in the model railway world !.......... Col.
I don't know about the cattle wagon, but I own the master for the Mica van! I hope to have it back in production in the new year for rather less than this one sold for. Dave
Is the clue in the location? Being sold with lots of other kits and models from Bournemouth which is just down the road from Poole, as in black hole of ... Mike
To be more precise, these look like Adrian Swain's display models and some of his own collection, but the vendor on ebay has made a few errors. For instance the LNWR 0-4-0 saddle tank is nothing to do with ABS Models, but hand built by John Dale and presumably bought by Adrian Swain for his own interest. Mike
Has anybody seen this on Ebay? It's one of about 5 or 6 the seller has for sale. I wonder who has brought the ABS range they could be sitting on a little goldmine lol.... 0 Gauge ABS Models 43two1 Models - GWR 10t Loco Coal Wagon, Square Corners, 1915 | eBay
Look at the DJB Dean loco kit for £999.95 lol 0 Gauge DJB Engineering - GWR 4.2.2 Dean Single & 3000 Gallon Tender, Ltd 78/100 | eBay
