Bodywork & Exterior
Corridor Connections
Attwoolls Manufacturing - Supply corridor connection bellows complete, using "curtainsider" material plastic welded around stainless steel hoops. They have a Class 108 gangway design on file (also suitable for many other classes) as used by the Dean Forest DMU Group - Contact Jason Leach 01452 742211
Mudfords - Corridor connection bellow material - 900gsm PVC black polyester fabric - Used by ELR & KDR to cover stainless steel hoops (which you must provide separately along with the original bellows as a pattern) - 2023 price £574.34 + VAT - Contact Daniel Millington
South Devon Railway Engineering - Supply corridor connection bellows complete, as used by East Somerset Railway.
Door Hinges
Samuel Wilkes - Hinge pin kits - as used by Llangollen Railcars.
Paint
Some colours have a BS number so can theoretically be produced anywhere:
BR "Multiple Unit" (early) Green (a.k.a. Mid Brunswick Green) - BS381C 226
BR DMU (standard) Green (a.k.a. Deep Brunswick Green) - BS381C 227
BR DMU (standard) Green (a.k.a. Deep Bronze Green) - BS381C 224
Cream Lining (as used on green vehicles) - BS381C 382
Roof Paint (for green era vehicles) - BS4800 10A07
Light Buff (used on green era guards van interior) - BS351C 358
Vellum (used on green era diesel loco cabs) -
BS381C 365
BR Rail Blue - BS381C 114
BR Rail Grey - BS381C 693
Light Aircraft grey (roofs) - BS381C 627
Light French Blue (used on blue square coupling codes) - BS381C 175
Williamsons - Railway spec paints - 01765 607 711
The following list are some Williamsons order codes of paints relevant to railcars:
Anti-corrosive primer (green) for metal - 8150381101
Verdant undercoat (for green livery) - 8115081159
Light grey undercoat - 8115081152
Dark grey undercoat - 8115081151
Buff undercoat (for yellow panels) - 8115081154
Metro red undercoat (for bufferbeams) - 8115081164
Underframe black - 8109181291
Deep Bronze Green - 81081BS224
New Loco Green - 81081S8569
Rail Blue
- 8108181207
Rail Grey (also useful as roof paint on green vehicles) - 8108181206
Yellow (for 1980's front ends) - 8108181202
Salmon pink (identification) - 8108581525
Roof
Cranmore Traincare and Maintenance Services - Supply "shell" roof vents as used on Class 108 vehicles
Sealants
Vellacine - Supply Arboseal GZ tape (a putty like tape ideal for sealing window glass onto metal and similar applications) - 02920 228 578
Steel
Replacement steel sections for Mark 1 coaches, also suitable for certain classes of DMU. Sections include straight Z rail (2.5m lengths), Z rail curved to Mk1 profile, corridor end crash pillar repair pieces (1m lenths) & "Top Hat" section. Contact Lee Sharpe.
Window Rubbers
Percy Lane Products - Class 115/116/117/118/121/122/127 main bodyside window rubbers - 01827 638 21 - Stock item but minimum order required