There has been some discussion on the Scalefour Forum recently with a correspondent asking about a TVR Horse Boxes following a purchase he made a while ago. My name was mentioned as one who might be able to help; I can’t personally but perhaps there are others in the Circle that might be able to assist.
This is what has been said:
I have the MSE kit of 1988 vintage to consider building.
These smaller Co's are not so well documented. So I ask if a gem of a person may have a nugget of information about this vehicle. No drawing, or reference info./pic. being provided. And what books I have zero horse box reference.
Axlebox castings are RCH/GW, & Lamp Irons match some GW coaches. So maybe asking a lot.
But as the MSE kit is rather old, I was wondering if there was any reference material that derived the creation of this kit. Or any subsequent info. since the instructions were written. I like to detail, and make it the as best possible. The kit provides GW detail, and may well from Coach photo's try to back date to TV.
I bought the kit from Derek when he used to attend Brighton Modelworld many years ago. Pity its taken so long to build it, but thats looming close.
So if you are able to add anything to help, I can only be grateful.
I understand a TV Stock book may be a possibility.
Penrhos1920 (also of this parish) added this info:
According to GWR Absorbed Coaching Stock, ER Mountford, the TV had:
5x 14'6" long built Cathays 1888/1889, nos.281-285
3x 21' long built Bristol W&C 1910, nos.286-288, GWR nos.503, 522, 660 scrapped 1935/6
3x 14'6" long built Oldbury C&W 1890, nos.289-291
the earlier vehicles only lasted a few years after the grouping.
No pictures or drawings. But I think that the WRRC is bringing out a book about TV rolling stock sometime.
Derek Munday did the artwork so, presumably, had a drawing to work from. It's now in the Basten collection.
It's one of the three boxes that were built by Bristol Wagon & Carriage Co.
From memory, the etches come as two sides each with an end attatched. I think that the wrong ends were attached to each side so that you had to break them off and attach them to the opposite end.
As it stands, it's in GW condition; I don't know if it had diffferent axleboxes when originally built.
