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identification

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:36 pm
by Ghostmaster
Hello
I search the model of this carriage used by transportation corps like hospital trains during ww2
Some one can help me

Thank's a lot for your help

Re: identification

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:43 am
by DOCJACOB
I assume have found med-dept.com and in unit history includes 11th hospital train with details of an accident 10/4/45 Merey

Re: identification

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:42 pm
by Ghostmaster
Yes this is it
But I want to make a scale model of this carriage but I don't know what it is

Re: identification

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:12 pm
by billbedford
It was a LMS period 1 carriage. Many were commandeered during WW2 and rebuilt into carriages for use in hospital trains. There were 10 different diagrams, and unfortunately I don't have any information what they actually looked like.

After the war survivors were rebuilt, again, into full brakes. There are some photos of these in Jenkinson & Essery's LMS Standard Coaching Stock Vols 2&3.

Re: identification

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 6:21 pm
by Ghostmaster
well!! I'm not on the good forum finally, I'm sorry
Thank's a lot for your answer, do you know if a scale model at OO gauge or HO scale( I dream) was made in original shape I transform them if it's necessary.
I make a layout about the USTC after the DDay and I have the USTC material but not this particular carriages and I want to make an Hospital train

Re: identification

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:31 am
by billbedford

Re: identification

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:49 am
by Hatfield Shed
Ghostmaster wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 6:21 pm ...do you know if a scale model at OO gauge or HO scale( I dream) was made in original shape I transform them if it's necessary...
Quite elderly in origin - which may be a benefit as some are likely to be obtainable cheaply - the now extinct 'Mainline' range offered some Period 1 LMS coaches, which might provide feedstock for modification. Scroll down the link below.
http://www.mainlinerailways.org.uk/Coaches.htm
Since 'Mainline' departed the scene, these coaches may have been in production more recently under Bachmann's ownership. How well they may suit your conversion plan I have no idea. There are likely to be kits for these LMS Period 1 coaches which might prove a better option, but my knowledge of LMS coach kits is zero.

Re: identification

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:37 pm
by roverman
Might just help a bit: Rivarossi made some LMS period 1 (or 2) coaches in H0 scale during the 1970/80s. They often appear on the bay and don't fetch stupid money. The scale was a bit debateable depending which magazine you got the information from.
Steve.