Looking for steam carriages

[Bullshott]

I'm looking for suitable toys/models suitable for use (with or without conversion) as steam (or equivalent tech) cars/carriages. I'm ideally looking for something unarmoured that would hold 2 or 4 men plus a driver (who could be either inside or outside the vehicle). Needless to say, this is for use with IHMN.

I'm already using the Golden Compass 'tricycle' carriage, but want other options too.

Any suggestions would be most welcome.

[Skrapwelder]

I've made several conversions. The simplest was by replacing the team of horses with a Stephenson's Rocket locomotive.


The military velocipede was made using a West Wind Hansom and bits from an Empire Cannon


The Torchwood carriage is a platic model i got on Ebay. I added a boiler from Pardulon and what will eventually be carousel horses made from Perry French Cuirassier

[OSHIROmodels]

Some nice conversions there 

cheers

James

[steharan]

 I'll second that,  some great conversions there. gets the old creative juices flowing.

[marianas_gamer]

Damn Skrapwelder, I make it a point to follow your posts and I don't remember any of those!  Am I losing it?  Every one of those is a treat 
LB

[Bullshott]

Keep up the good ideas. I would also be interested in sources for very early automobiles (versions where the driver sat separately to the passengers). These would be perfect for steam cars, as they look indistinguishable from internal combustion engine equivalents from the same era (try Googling "Stanley steam car").

Anyone know of a manufacturer making a model of a Locomobile?


Skrapwelder - I might have to do something along the lines of your first carriage, as that concept would make a great paddy wagon for my Scotland Yard company.

[white knight]

I got the 1/43 Rio "de dion bouton" off Ebay a while ago:

[white knight]

Also look for Disney Atlantis toys. There was a range that was roughly 1/48-1/43 and had some interesting vehicles.

I got this on a clearance a few years ago (pictures were taken long before I had a decent camera):


The tank is the most interesting bit of course, though the other items would be useful for conversion fodder:

[mysteriousbill]

Another one from the Atlantis toys is Cookies Chuckwagon. Just remove cookie and the motorize mule, put a smokestack on the back, and some controls on the front. I carved off the pots and pans, but that is up to you.

[The_Beast]

This thread on TMP, originally about building time machines, mentions Brumm toy vehicles, several I assume would intrigue you.

I also recall a mention of a Brit manufacture that more recent, but still useful, vehicles as toys, and found several quite reasonable for those of us in the US, but I've gone splah on the name.

Brain gone, rest on the way out...

Doug

Edit: No, really, I put this link in. I did so!
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=311128

[The_Beast]

In spite of no assistance offered, I persevered! I triumphed! I scored!

*ahem* I got lucky.

The name I was seeking was Lledo. Whilst the pointer I had was for horse-drawn conveyances, those offer possibilities for conversion, of course.

So, Brumm, Lledo are added to my Matchbox, Maisto, Solido diecast searches.

Doug

[fastolfrus]

Last time I visited the Dapol factory shop there were some cheap plastic kits of pre 1910 vehicles, just polybagged, not boxed, not sure if they were ex Airfix kits.

[The_Beast]

Last time I visited the Dapol factory shop there were some cheap plastic kits of pre 1910 vehicles, just polybagged, not boxed, not sure if they were ex Airfix kits.

Thanks, fast, ol' bean. I'll just pop out and see what the web has to say.

Wait a minute; another model railroad supplier? Don't you folks have anything other than...

What's that in Wiki? 'Dapol Ltd is a Welsh model railway manufacturer based in Chirk, Wales.'

Never mind! Cymru am beth! 

Alas, no such baggie'd beauties on the web site.

Doug

[Craig]

Where in Chirk? That's only 30 miles from me 

Postcode anyone?

[Sterling Moose]

Google is your friend:

Dapol
Gledrid Industrial Park
Chirk
Wrexham
LL14 5DG