Does anyone make 1/72nd train kits?

[NARSES2]

That's ok pre Beeching Mike but afterwards there wouldn't be that many places left to hide 

[B777LR]

I keep think about doing a British ICBM train like the Russians had...

How about an SS train with V2 launchers?

[ChernayaAkula]

How about an SS train with V2 launchers?

Now there's a thought!

[jcf]

I keep think about doing a British ICBM train like the Russians had...

How about an SS train with V2 launchers?

Just another target for the Tiffies and the Jugs. 

[PR19_Kit]

Wasn't there a US scheme for rail mobile ICBMs at one stage?

Some variation of the Minuteman/Peacekeeper missile system perhaps? I seem to remember the Burlington Northern main line through Minneapolis and on to the west coast was to have some spurs built to connect it to various missile bases in the Dakotas so the missle trains could be serviced inside secure areas.

I could see problems with any such UK trains, and one is the same issue as I mentioned before. The rolling stock just isn't large enough to house the missile, unless it was a very thin missile perhaps?

Plus of course ASLEF would black the trains if they weren't paid danger money as well as out of hours working pay for driving the trains.........

[B777LR]

How about an SS train with V2 launchers?

Now there's a thought!

And following the war, they were captured by the French and Russians. Hence they were distributed around the world to places such as China (who reverse copied it, and fitted them will all sorts of loads), India, Pakistan and Libya...

[NARSES2]

I could see problems with any such UK trains, and one is the same issue as I mentioned before. The rolling stock just isn't large enough to house the missile, unless it was a very thin missile perhaps?

Plus of course ASLEF would black the trains if they weren't paid danger money as well as out of hours working pay for driving the trains.........

Plus it would be delayed by the wrong type of rain/snow/leaves/fall out

[PR19_Kit]

Plus it would be delayed by the wrong type of rain/snow/leaves/fall out

Hehehe, I can see you live in the South East, Chris............ 

[The Rat]

These are interesting ideas gentlemen, but my intended result is strictly post-war and peaceful..  Oh, and I also probably need some illustrations of the colour schemes used on British trains during the post-war period. The Mallard would come to mind of course. Might go with something different though, but if I mentioned it someone would guess... 

[NARSES2]

Post war Rat you start getting to standard BR Green - they were nationalised circa 1946 if memory serves.

Pre war however is a different thing 

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/6-livy/006-index.htm

[PR19_Kit]

Grrrr, just had to type this all in TWICE because the piccie was too big and the system doesn't save the text. 

What I said was...........

BR not only used Standard Loco Green for it's engines post war.

Immediately post war they were all black, and DIRTY black at that, even the passenger locos, but after BR's formation they tried some different colours. One was a darker blue than the Garter Blue that Mallard carries, and the mixed traffic and frieght locos were black, both in lined and un-lined versions. They also had an unlined version of the Standard Green, that didn't prove too popular. The Southern Region, being the Southern Region of course, went back to their pre-war Loco Green, lighter than Standard Green, but the Greater BR leant on Mr Bullied and he reverted to the standard colours.

When it came to diesels they went bananas, with almost as many colour schemes as there were types, but I figure you're talking about steam, right?

Here's a piccie showing four A4s, Mallard in the forground in its pre-war Garter Blue, then Bittern in BR lined Standard Green, then Sir Nigel Gresley in the short lived Passenger Blue, and at the rear an unknown A4 in unlined Standard Green.

[The Rat]

... but I figure you're talking about steam, right?

Electric actually, maybe with one of those overhead birdcage thingies like this:

[PR19_Kit]

Oh gawd, you Do know how to make life difficult! 

The colour scheme depends on where it's based in UK in that case, overhead electrics early on in BR years were pretty limited to where they could run, unlike now when a lot of the system is electrified. East of London on the suburban Southend Line being one area, and Merseyside being another. I think there were some around Glasgow too, and also the main line across the Pennines from Manchester to Sheffield was overhead electric too.

The latter used the lined black scheme on their locos, and maroon and cream on the coaches, or all maroon in some cases. The Merseyside line used a darker maroon than the standard coaching stock, but I can't find a piccie of it. The Southend line was just plain green, thank goodness.

The 'birdcage thingie' is called a pantograph BTW.

[The Rat]

Oh, it will definitely be British! And I know the Southend trains, used to ride them from Stanford-le-Hope to Southend or Shoeburyness regularly.

Curious, I suddenly I have an urge for fresh shrimps... 

[NARSES2]

The Southern Region, being the Southern Region of course, went back to their pre-war Loco Green, lighter than Standard Green, but the Greater BR leant on Mr Bullied and he reverted to the standard colours.

Had gallons of that green in the shed - dad worked for BR  Only use I can remember it being put to was on my model railway boards.