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Northstar Models
design and build
4mm scale models
of Southern Railway coaches
Stop press June 1st - newly completed Pull-Push Set 737
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Construction of Push-Pull Sets 1-6 is now under way!!!
The initial run will cover those Sets consisting of the Driving Trailer/Compo d.419 accompanied by the Brake Third d.97.
Some customers have ordered Set 2 as running with a replacement coach - a Third d.31. This has been etched and test built and is ready to go into production.
The SECR d.52, ie those versions running with Sets 1 and 6 at one time in their career, has also been etched, but is currently the subject of a small revision. Customers with these Sets on order will be kept up to date with progress.
Below are photos of a set 2 produced as appearing in 1949 with a "residual" complement of Southern insignia together with the addition of a prefix "S" - see Mike King's book, Plate 74, page 64. (I have left the image size a little larger than usual)
Driving Trailer d.419
Brake Third d.97
D.132 Brake Third
I have also produced this 56ft Brake Third with sliding door, examples of which ran until 1957.
This will be the last type of standard ex LSW corridor stock I will be producing as other projects now beckon.
I have a pretty full programme of Push-Pull building over the coming months and don't really want to produce many more corridor coaches. However, the d.132 has turned out really very well and is a fitting model with which to conclude the 56ft stock. If you want one, contact me and I'll see what I can do ..........................
Below are a couple of photos of one of these coaches, just completed
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Set 737 modelled in its latter days - finished in BR(S) coaching stock green livery and with several panels sheeted over on both coaches.
This Set has just been produced for a special commission. It was developed from our earlier emigrant conversion Pull-Push units (Sets 731-5)
Future Plans
Ex LSWR Push-Pull stock
Sets 731 – 735 – the emigrant conversions
These 46ft 6inch coaches were amongst the first I produced/marketed. They have been unavailable for some time now, but their popularity is unquestionable. I have therefore taken steps to re-instate them and am prepared to accept orders now.
Sets 31 - 36
Testing of these models is also fully complete and they are ready to go into production – after orders for sets 1-6 have been completed. All variants have been included in the design – covering not just the different trailer compos, but also the more radical replacement of the original LSW Driving Trailer with one of SECR origin – d.160A
As an aside, the SECR d160A and related d.166 ran as single vehicles before being incorporated into conventional two coach Push-Pull units.
Perhaps, in this earlier guise, the single Push-Pull coach might appeal to customers with limited space constraints.
I can accept orders for these Push-Pull Sets - please contact me to discuss your requirements
Adrian Rowland
Northstar Coaches Llety Adar, Llanelian, Colwyn BayLL29 6AT
adrianrowlandinwales@hotmail.com
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