Is there any company that sells coach seats for detailing the inside of a coach? I’m not really thinking of tricking out the complete interior but it would be nice to have some passengers visible through the windows.
They are very easy to construct yourself, check out:
http://www.geocities.com/gungnirstrains/AB_rijtuig.html
And yes, your question reminded me of yet another unfinished project…
Very nice. What material did you use to make those?
The frame is regular styrene sheet, the seats and backs are some kind of pressboard our local building supply place sells as (indoor) molding. It already came in two widths, so I could use the 20mm for the seat, 30mm for the back. The stuff is cheap, and very easy to cut. I used a small hobby saw and smoothened the cuts with a very sharp knife.
You might try Hartford Products. www.hartfordpr.com . They sell a coach interior kit which may work for you. It consists of white-metal castings for the metalwork of a coach seat, and all you need do is add the cushions. (The full kit may even come with them. I purchased my seats separately. I don’t know if this is still an option with the new owners.)
The seats themselves are wood, covered with athletic tape.
Later,
K
Wow, nice work on the interior of that coach! I thought it was the real thing for a minute there.
Very nice. Have purchased a Hartfod coach just recently and the picture as they say is worth a thousand words, or attempts. Thanks for that.
Hartford kit looks great but $80? BTW, Kevin - Have you thought of doing an article on track laying, clearances, spacing, passing length etc? The articles often skip this and the NMRA ignores it altogether for anything over 1:48.
Neil, I’m beginning a new construction series with the next issue. Head to the main page for a link, for some reason it’s not letting me link within here. Track laying and spacing, etc. will be covered in part 3, due out in October.
C16Shay, the combine in the photo isn’t a Hartford kit, just the individual seats. The combine itself is scratchbuilt.
http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=20913
If you want some great shots of a Hartford kit done to exquisite detail, check out Bob Poli’s cars in the Jan/Feb '06 Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette. That’ll definitely inspire!
Later,
K