Apparently they are loosely representative of a couple specific designs of 1860s/70s 3 compartment coaches; the one most quoted being an 1870s SDJR 3 comp 1st.
I’m just gonna get one of these anyway to run with my terrier. I may upgrade to those new Hattons coaches at some point but I think I’ll just start with these.
Yes the infamous Hornby old chassis design complete with bonus 2mm extra height. Actually the freelance body design is very good and exudes the "character" of the period. But then, we happily run OO on woefully out of scale track so it's all just a compromise anyway. For it's price and a bit or work with the paintbrush you can't really go wrong.
I used a old one and just it's body as a old station waiting room for a station halt , painted it white and added a lamp post and some people to the station and looks great ,These coaches are great and have a lot of uses on a model railway.
Hornby licenced the tooling to Marklin for the Thomas range. Marklin adapted the chassis so they could fit their coupling and fitted smaller diameter wheels, the bodies are interchangeable between the brands though
You are right. 'Serious' modellers will no doubt sneer at these but they are OK in my opinion. Full of charm and look fine when weathered up as a freelance/industrial train. I use mine in an NCB internal user train. The current RRP is a joke but you can find them new for £12-14 which is not bad at all by today's standards. Just run what you want, it does not have to be prototypical.
I like these coaches, even though they are not historically accurate. Check out Hattons "Project Genesis" which is a new range of pre-grouping coaches, which while somewhat generic, will be more historically accurate.
www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150930-improved-hornby-4-wheel-coach/ The project I was talking about - I mentioned you in it as well as credited you for inspiration.
Watched this one after you mentioned Model Railways in your Taking a Breather video
Apparently they are loosely representative of a couple specific designs of 1860s/70s 3 compartment coaches; the one most quoted being an 1870s SDJR 3 comp 1st.
I’m just gonna get one of these anyway to run with my terrier. I may upgrade to those new Hattons coaches at some point but I think I’ll just start with these.
Yes the infamous Hornby old chassis design complete with bonus 2mm extra height. Actually the freelance body design is very good and exudes the "character" of the period. But then, we happily run OO on woefully out of scale track so it's all just a compromise anyway. For it's price and a bit or work with the paintbrush you can't really go wrong.
I used a old one and just it's body as a old station waiting room for a station halt , painted it white and added a lamp post and some people to the station and looks great ,These coaches are great and have a lot of uses on a model railway.
I had quite a few of these when I was younger! I used to like making trains of different liveries!
So is this one Annie or Clarabel? ;)
I used to have fun weathering my carriages back in the day. I think you have done a better job than me!
Thanks! I think this is their estranged sister, Fifi LaFemme.
I could try it at some point and make one of them a brake coach!
I think Budget Model Railways make a conversion kit to turn them into brakes
@@stashyjon They do. I was thinking of putting them onto a Queen Mary Brake Van chassis.
@@TheTWRModeller thats a good idea
@@stashyjon Why, thank you so very much! I should try it because I've been meaning to!
Great improvement!
Hornby licenced the tooling to Marklin for the Thomas range. Marklin adapted the chassis so they could fit their coupling and fitted smaller diameter wheels, the bodies are interchangeable between the brands though
Can you re-cut the audio your bucket megaphone has the treble turned too high and the bass cut too far.
I actually found a pair of these with a TRI-ang Princess royal.
You are right. 'Serious' modellers will no doubt sneer at these but they are OK in my opinion. Full of charm and look fine when weathered up as a freelance/industrial train. I use mine in an NCB internal user train. The current RRP is a joke but you can find them new for £12-14 which is not bad at all by today's standards. Just run what you want, it does not have to be prototypical.
I like these coaches, even though they are not historically accurate. Check out Hattons "Project Genesis" which is a new range of pre-grouping coaches, which while somewhat generic, will be more historically accurate.
I’m looking forward to those.
www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150930-improved-hornby-4-wheel-coach/
The project I was talking about - I mentioned you in it as well as credited you for inspiration.
Honestly looks more like a banana van than a coach, length-wise.
Aaahh....the classic 0-5-0! 😉😆😂
I have5different livery rakes of these Fab coaches