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There don't apear to be many reviews in here so I thought I would write one about the coaches I have just built. The construction was fairly simple, the edges of each pannel needing only light sanding before gluing together with PVA. I have added real rivets and door frames for some extra detail which are made from 2mm square wood strip. The guards van was built first. This was the first encounter i had with the new laser cut kits and I was impressed by the fine plank detail which had been acheived. the castings supplied were a familar sight and required only slight cleaning.





Next came one of the passenger coaches, this was different from the van being still its its frett from the laser cutter. The cutting also seemed to be a higher quality. The other difference from the van was the narrower foot boards.





The last coach was very different from the two previous models. The parts were loose in the bag and were sligtly warped. On further inspection the edges were chared especially round the windows, the window frames being the worst. The kit also came with much deeper sole bars which were over 3mm taller than the other models and needed to be reduced. The foot boards were the wider version as the van and there was also a row of rivets missing from the end, something I had not noticed till the coach was painted.





Once the paint has been applied the differences are not noticeable and they make a fine sight being towed by the smaller locos.

Excellent, thanks Dan a grand review. Lets see a video and a pic of it with a loco eh?

That's a nice looking rake and a really useful review - cheers Dan!

Can you tell me what paint you used on the bodywork? That's showing up as a gorgeous colour on my screen!

Lovely job mate, always liked those VoR coaches. Grand!

The colour is from Carplan red-08, Greg.

DLRdan:53113 wrote:The colour is from Carplan red-08, Greg.

I thank you kind sir - I'll be giving it a go on an upcoming project and let you know how it suits

Last coach in the set, the summer coach. This one is different from the standard one as I did not like the windows in the end pannels. After a quick converstation copies were made without the windows by Zach. There are the slight differences between this and the other coaches, the ends have two rivets and it has the wider foot boards. The sole bars are oddly made 6mm over length so have to be cut down by the builder. There are also 4 rectangles of wood in the kit that the instructions give no mention of, these go under the end seats.