The coach numbered "6" just about finished.
Just built (Dec. 2021) is this 4-wheel coach using the coach sides from the kit below, it's a saloon seating 5 passengers and is modelled narrower at 27mm, perhaps more prototypically than the earlier coaches I built. Coach ends are made of Wills 4mm Sheet & Batten Roofing sheet. It runs on an old Egger 4w chassis as I thought this would better deal with the sharp 8 and 9 inch radius curves as it has swivel wheel "bogies".
The 1/45th Minicraft kit that the coach sides came from.
The fret containing the coach side mouldings, they are well-detailed, even with the interior panels moulded. The kit contains three complete coaches (including seats) plus the loco and display track. To make them into O9 vehicles, a 009 chassis would be needed and they would have to be narrowed. Many cuts have been made to make the small 4w coach, but I hope to make a couple of short bogie vehicles too.
The coach in the "paint shop".
A photo of the new loco and coach No.6.
The coach can seat 5 at a push, on a transverse seat across the end, a 2-person side seat, and on the opposite side near the door a single person side seat.
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