Darjeeling 1st Generation Bogie Carriage Guard / Luggage / Open
An unknown number of 1st Generation Guard / Luggage / Open carriages existed some were 2nd class (seating 18) some were 3rd class (seating 24) and were typically used on standard services and mail trains. With open guards verandas, luggage compartments they appeared in a variety different colourful liveries.
An unknown number of 1st Generation Guard / Luggage / Open carriages existed some were 2nd class (seating 18) some were 3rd class (seating 24) and were typically used on standard services and mail trains. With open guards verandas, luggage compartments they appeared in a variety different colourful liveries.
An unknown number of 1st Generation Guard / Luggage / Open carriages existed some were 2nd class (seating 18) some were 3rd class (seating 24) and were typically used on standard services and mail trains. With open guards verandas, luggage compartments they appeared in a variety different colourful liveries.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway introduced a 1st Class bogie carriage in 1906 it proved a great success, by 1914 twenty two new carriages had been constructed. With large radius corners, dropped central floors and sliding doors, blinds and striking liveries they looked superb.
Four1st Generation bogie carriages are offered:
• 1st / 2nd composite, No.74, with central waterproof curtain, arm chair central seating
• 2nd / 3rd composite, No 76, with closed and open compartments
• Guard / Luggage / Open, No 82 guard’s veranda, luggage / freight and three open compartments.
• 4 Compartment Closed, an adaptation or development of the 1st / 2nd composite with the central floor divided into two compartments. Probably offering 1st & 2nd class accomodation.
An unknown number of 1st Generation Guard / Luggage / Open carriages existed some were 2nd class (seating 18) some were 3rd class (seating 24) and were typically used on standard services and mail trains. With open guards verandas, luggage compartments they appeared in a variety different colourful liveries. The one the model depicts appears from a photo from The Iron Sherpa Vol 1 P118 on the Hill Cart Road, probably between 1910 and 1915.
The models match the large radius corners, dropped central floors. Careful scaling has allowed for different layers make up the relief for the various doors, windows, panels, openings and canvas screens, etc. In built tabs and indexing help to ensure parts line up and detailed step by step instructions are included to take the modeller through the entire construction process to produce a complex and rewarding model. The bogies incorporate sealed ball bearings for easy no maintenance running and compensate for both pitch and body roll.
The model is not a overnight build as glue will need to be left to dry and parts painted. The most complex parts are the curved plywood ends, but these are straightforward to make using standard household implements in easy to follow steps. The supplied pre-cut plywood skins being gently heated / simmered in a saucepan, before being pulled out and allowed to cool so that it can then be carefully wrapped around a structural end and held in place with clothes pegs or similar whilst the glue dries and the plywood re-hardens.
Fully constructed from laserply, the kits come with everything apart from glue, paint and decals. 418 - 425 mm over buffers, 105 mm wide and 132 mm high.