CoachBuilt Prams

Hi everyone, I am new to the site and I have just bought a silvercross oberon dolls pram with ceramic rose plaques.  It is in generally good condition but could do with new paint work, tires and definitely needs anew hood and Apron.

I was going to buy a new hood and apron for it but heritage prams no longer make the 3 point hoods so I am going to recover the old one because I'm not keen on the 2 point hoods.  So I have decided that I am going to do a colour change while I am working on it.

I am looking for fabric for the apron but the hopsack fabric doesn't come in the colour I want (a dark plum/purple shade so I was wondering if there would be any other type of fabric that would be suitable?  for the paint I would like a very rich metallic purple (lighter than the hood) and was wondering if car paint would work?  I have seen a few tins of metallic purple that I really like.  Also I am guessing that I would need to remove the rose plaques so what would I use to stick them back on to the body?

Finally I was wondering where to get tires from since there is a big hole in one of them but the wheels are in good condition.

This is my first project pram that I would like to work on fairly quickly so that it is ready for my daughter to play with

has no one got any advice for a newbie?

shoogah at June 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM

Hi everyone, I am new to the site and I have just bought a silvercross oberon dolls pram with ceramic rose plaques.  It is in generally good condition but could do with new paint work, tires and definitely needs anew hood and Apron.

I was going to buy a new hood and apron for it but heritage prams no longer make the 3 point hoods so I am going to recover the old one because I'm not keen on the 2 point hoods.  So I have decided that I am going to do a colour change while I am working on it.

I am looking for fabric for the apron but the hopsack fabric doesn't come in the colour I want (a dark plum/purple shade so I was wondering if there would be any other type of fabric that would be suitable?  for the paint I would like a very rich metallic purple (lighter than the hood) and was wondering if car paint would work?  I have seen a few tins of metallic purple that I really like.  Also I am guessing that I would need to remove the rose plaques so what would I use to stick them back on to the body?

Finally I was wondering where to get tires from since there is a big hole in one of them but the wheels are in good condition.

This is my first project pram that I would like to work on fairly quickly so that it is ready for my daughter to play with

You  and I  both Shoogah,    I am looking  for  a  damson   colour   fabric -  a VERY  dark  wine   colour    but I have  been  unable  to find  any I'm  afraid,  so I can't help you with that one.  Yes  car paint  in  an  aerosol  will  work on your  pram  and you are  right  about  removing the     plaques from the  side, it  would  be   difficult  to    rub the   side of the  pram   down  without   catching the   plaques I  would think.  It  would be possible  to mask  them out  as  far  as the  spraying  goes  but  it is   all of the  rubbing   down  and  getting itno  the  very  edge   of the   pram and the  plaque  that    worries  me  about   that.    firs tof  all you  would  need  to  remove the   lining of the pram   so that  you can get   at the  back of the plaques  then   the   full  sized  prams  use  a   heavy  weight   rubber   band  to  hold  the  plaques in  place  and I  presume  that  the  dolls  prams  have  the same  sort of   system to do the same for the smaller  prams.

I am not  sure  but Ruud  Mors   may   sell   tyres  for    dolls  prams,   you  would have  to   email  and  ask him.     His  email address is  in the  section  on  the left   under Pram  Suppliers/Services,  just   scroll  down  until  you  get  to   Ruud's  details.

Oh  and I must   tell you before I  forget, that  your pram isn't  an Oberon is  it s Super Rose  because  it has   the   two  sets of  wheels of  different  sizes.

Good  luck w ith your  work,