Bachmann GP40

[Ian Holmes]

I have ended up with a spare GP40 chassis, does anyone know of a kit to fit this ?  I did get a Langley Fiarlie but it would not fit it was far too big. Any ideas would be a great help. or is it scratch building ? My fingers are full of splinters from scratching my head. Thanks people
Ian H

[Hobby]

The only kit I've fitted it to is the no longer produced Polish Lxd2 in HOe!

[Alan Feldon]

I am surprised as when Langley first produced the double fairlie it was designed for the ( then ) GP40
Really the only kits made were for steam locos which obviously this would not be suitable for
You could scratchbuild a Kitson Meyer with skirts on the bogies and dummy cylinders .

[Hobby]

Modify a couple of Knightwing or Airfix Drewry diesel kits into a centre cab. TBH you are probably best looking at that sort of kit modification than a steam loco kit.

[JulienW]

The other thought would be some form of railcar based on one of the plastic bogie carriage kits.

My feeling is that the VofR kits may be quite a small loading gauge (though fine if your tastes lie that way), but something a bit beafier might result from using the Meridian Ashover coach, now sold via Narrow Planet (they also sell just the sides and ends for scratchbuilding - and their website issutrates this with a rather nice looking railcar!), or the Eisteddfod coach from Dundas.  In fact thinking about it if you wanted to go for either of the dundas kits it might be worth asking if they can supply just the sides & ends rather than buying the full kit.

Hope that helps...

[Julian Evison]

To illustrate Julien's point here is my entry for the recent Society Ashover coach challenge.



The chassis of the powered car is actually a Bachmann GE B23, but a GP40 chassis can't be that different.

Julian

[B.Meldon]

As far as I know the latest versions of the Langley Double Fairlie kit was modified a couple of years ago to use the newer version of Bachmann GP50 loco.
The older version of the kit did use the older version of the Bachmann GP40, GP50 or U38B chassis but later versions of the GP40 chassis will not fit in the older kits.
As I have not actualy tried all the above I could be wrong and any corrections would be most welcome.

Brian Meldon

[Ian Holmes]

Thanks for the info and ideas  it has given me something to think about
Ian H

[Ian Holmes]

Just to let everyone know about the outcome with my question with the GP40 chassis, after a conversation with the lovely people at A1.  I now have their  Drewry Railcar  and an adaptor plate, that fits perfectly. So thanks once again for your help and to A1 for sorting my query and anyone else with a similar problem.
Ian H