Hattons launch 'Irish' range of Genesis Coaches

[Galteemore]

The drone eye view is most interesting - the Hattons ones look very skinny by comparison ! 

[Colin R]

Ah the chop saw beckons

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, Killian Keane said:

From the side as you say they look dead on for GSWR style, I wouldnt know which was the scale model, I just recently came across a WLWR 6W 5 comp on HMRS that bears more than a passing resemblance to the generics... just time to wait until someone re releases them

The difference with WLWR stock was that while the side panelling was very much like this, the ends were bowed in rather than flat. Common on the MR & GWR in Britain, this style was unique here.

Since this feature makes a considerable difference to the overall design, these yokes are unsuitable for WLWR. 

If anyone wanted to model the WLWR specifically, six-wheeled Midland of England stock would pass generically.

2 hours ago, Galteemore said:

The drone eye view is most interesting - the Hattons ones look very skinny by comparison ! 

They do. On a layout, though, the difference isn’t quite as noticeable for some reason.

[Killian Keane]

3 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

The difference with WLWR stock was that while the side panelling was very much like this, the ends were bowed in rather than flat. Common on the MR & GWR in Britain, this style was unique here.

Thankfully this particular diagram is devoid of the ends bowing in

https://hmrs.org.uk/hmrs-22836-third-class-5-compartments-9ft-7ins-9ft-7ins-w-b-30ft-o-b.html

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, Killian Keane said:

Thankfully this particular diagram is devoid of the ends bowing in

https://hmrs.org.uk/hmrs-22836-third-class-5-compartments-9ft-7ins-9ft-7ins-w-b-30ft-o-b.html

Is this an earlier W & L design or a GSWR one? Either way, it certainly suits the Hattons model. Prior to WLWR as such, flat-ended W & L ones existed, but I don’t have any details to hand.

[Killian Keane]

Its an earlier W&L drawing, dated to January 1895 according to the HMRS listing