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Comment by Dick Bodily on October 21, 2012 at 18:48

Si,

When in doubt, do nowt, I'd definitely leave well alone as I think following the link to Andy's video you might well be right. The preface of the book would leave me to believe that his evidence mainly came from careful study of photos. The picture he used to illustrate the Ro Railer was the well known one of it emerging from under a bridge. I don't know whether he saw the Ro Railer in the 30s, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that he was actually murdered abroad sometime in the 80s.

Dick

Comment by Si Donal on October 21, 2012 at 18:07

I'm not one to disbelieve Brian Haresnape's expertise but if you scroll down the page to Andy's link to his Youtube feature, the rear mudguard looks distinctly darker than the body.  The wheel hubs look darker too.  I'll look at the other pictures.  I wonder if Haresnapes references are contemporary observations?  There's some excellent picture in the Jenkinson Railcars of the LMS book.  Not sure if I can respray the rear mudguards successfully without overspraying, I'll have to ponder that.  Cheers Dick.

Comment by Dick Bodily on October 17, 2012 at 19:33

Si

That picture looks spot on apart from the wheels should be black and the rear mudguards crimson according to info in Haresnape's book.
Dick

Comment by Si Donal on October 16, 2012 at 21:24

Hi Dick, 

Thanks for that information.  I haven't yet painted the N Gauge one yet as I am still looking for suitable road wheels.  The 00 Gauge one has been though. 

I did paint the wheels red rather than black though.

Comment by Dick Bodily on October 16, 2012 at 20:10

Si

I found these details about its livery by chance today in an old book in my possesion which I hadn't looked at for years ( Railway Liveries 1923 - 48 by Brian Haresnape). So just in case you haven't already found this info for yourself or in case anyone else is interested.... It was painted LMS Crimson Lake apart from its wheels and front mudguards which were black and its roof was white. It was lined out in gold and LMS lettered in gold serif letters, shaded black. I always wrongly assumed from photos that it was black.

Dick

Comment by Si Donal on February 9, 2011 at 20:10

Thanks for the comments.  Gary, a Banbury based company called Keyser or K's made an 00 Gauge model in the early 80s.  I have one and it cost me £30 on Ebay as a repair job.  The model is poorly and incorrectly detailed with poor fitting parts.  The motor and pick ups are not good either and I plan to re-motor mine with a japanese one.  Before I got the K's model, I tried to convert a diecast bus but the passenger doors beat me!  I always wanted to build an N Gauge SMJ/LMS model railway but I felt that I had to have a Ro-Railer to set the scene. The one in the picture is a conversion of a whitemetal bus with a lengthened japanese tram chassis.  When it's complete, I'll start a layout.

Comment by Gary on February 9, 2011 at 17:38

Lovely Si.

Would love to see some more please.

I wonder if they do this in OO?

Comment by Andy Thompson on February 8, 2011 at 20:55

Comment by Andy Thompson on February 8, 2011 at 20:53

Wow Si!  To think, it wasn't around that long - yet they made a model! Andy

Comment by Si Donal on February 8, 2011 at 20:27

Not been on the site for a few weeks.  This is why.  I know this isn't a modelling site but it is my inspiration.  I have some LMS era 4mm modelling complete too and I'll add those pics if there are other modellers on the site.