Making a clerestory coach

[Hugh Norwood]

I got the inspiration to see if I could make a clerestory coach. I had a spare Five79/Chivers RC810 "Innisfail" coach kit - and the kit does lend itself to being "bashed".



I needed to draw up a suitable side for the clerestory part; I decided to have it split into six sections and I would have three glazed on each side. I also thought the coach would look good with windows in the ends. I already had suitable ends drawn up in a CAD package - it was fairly easy to change it from a door with two side windows to three equal width windows. A suitable number of these ends, plus the clerestory sides were the printed off onto 210gsm card.

[Hugh Norwood]

The clerestory is in the form of a box stuck to the roof. The top and bottom of the box needed to be curved to sit on the roof, so I made up a curved sheet of laminated card. From this I cut two strips to the width required and I stuck one to the top of the roof.

The clerestory sides were cut and laminated in pairs. After drying out, the glazing was added to the inside surface, then (when that was dry) the sides were cut to size. A couple of end pieces were cut from cereal packet card and the clerestory box made up. I added a final cover from thick (120gsm) paper.

The ends of the coach were laminated up from the card - four pieces per end; these were used in place of the (blank) plastic ends in the kit.

[Hugh Norwood]

The coach was otherwise assembled as per the instructions. I have added four passengers and, as per my new procedure, I made the roof demountable.

[Jeff Schumaker]

Very nicely done, Hugh.

Jeff S.