Great stuff, Rob...several more entirely typical DB coaches, what's not to like? So far, I have a BDyge and an AByge, though I'll probably get some a few Byge at some point...it's all a bit on the back burner at the moment due to other priorities. I see your Byge has the silver handrails fitted; I need to do this with mine. The metal trip pins on the Kadees can be much easier adjusted using the trip pin pliers, this doesn't put any strain on the rest of the coupler. It's also worth getting the coupler hight gauge, this has a tang that sticks out just above rail level and if you set the trip pin to just touch the top of it, it'll be in the right place. Were the window mouldings of your Kitmaster Byge OK? A couple of them I had years ago had a lot of bubbles in them, making them unusable. I've added some decals to my BDyge, these were included in the box it came in...a blue "Nachlösewagen Fahrkartenverkauf " board on the moulded destination board and also the miniscule "hand bremse hier" under the centre doors. I haven't added the "raucher" and "nichtraucher" yet as they're probably out of period for my 1980s layout. Only thing to watch is that the included decals are quite old, mine literally dropped off so for the second attempt I applied a little gloss varnish on the areas they were to be located, used a decal setting solution, and varnished over them once set. There seems to have been quite a range of greens on DB coaches, possibly due to fading paint. Price wise, I paid £20 each for my BDyge and AByge, from Contikits. There are a number of useful prototype photos of bogie Umbauwagen here: bw-kottenheim.de/viewtopic.php?t=47 I have a couple of the six-wheelers, although these are in engineers blue as they'd have gone out of passenger service by the period of my layout, so this gives a good excuse for running them! It's a shame the Silverfish with original style cab went missing, I also prefer these, I guess they're a little more unassuming! Well done getting the ones you've got, they really suit the layout and of course can also be push/pulled by your V100. In my Z gauge days, I had a plain coach with the later blue underframe as well as a control trailer in the same livery as yours. I have seen a photo of a single control trailer being used, but it seems to have been relatively unusual, don't know why. I also need to add crew and passengers, most urgently to my Red Buzzer as it really looks odd without at least a driver...I'd better get painting some of the unpainted Preiser figures... All the best and thanks for the inspiring videos! Simon.
Great stuff, Rob...several more entirely typical DB coaches, what's not to like?
So far, I have a BDyge and an AByge, though I'll probably get some a few Byge at some point...it's all a bit on the back burner at the moment due to other priorities.
I see your Byge has the silver handrails fitted; I need to do this with mine. The metal trip pins on the Kadees can be much easier adjusted using the trip pin pliers, this doesn't put any strain on the rest of the coupler. It's also worth getting the coupler hight gauge, this has a tang that sticks out just above rail level and if you set the trip pin to just touch the top of it, it'll be in the right place.
Were the window mouldings of your Kitmaster Byge OK? A couple of them I had years ago had a lot of bubbles in them, making them unusable.
I've added some decals to my BDyge, these were included in the box it came in...a blue "Nachlösewagen Fahrkartenverkauf " board on the moulded destination board and also the miniscule "hand bremse hier" under the centre doors. I haven't added the "raucher" and "nichtraucher" yet as they're probably out of period for my 1980s layout. Only thing to watch is that the included decals are quite old, mine literally dropped off so for the second attempt I applied a little gloss varnish on the areas they were to be located, used a decal setting solution, and varnished over them once set.
There seems to have been quite a range of greens on DB coaches, possibly due to fading paint. Price wise, I paid £20 each for my BDyge and AByge, from Contikits. There are a number of useful prototype photos of bogie Umbauwagen here: bw-kottenheim.de/viewtopic.php?t=47
I have a couple of the six-wheelers, although these are in engineers blue as they'd have gone out of passenger service by the period of my layout, so this gives a good excuse for running them!
It's a shame the Silverfish with original style cab went missing, I also prefer these, I guess they're a little more unassuming! Well done getting the ones you've got, they really suit the layout and of course can also be push/pulled by your V100. In my Z gauge days, I had a plain coach with the later blue underframe as well as a control trailer in the same livery as yours. I have seen a photo of a single control trailer being used, but it seems to have been relatively unusual, don't know why.
I also need to add crew and passengers, most urgently to my Red Buzzer as it really looks odd without at least a driver...I'd better get painting some of the unpainted Preiser figures...
All the best and thanks for the inspiring videos!
Simon.