Bulleid Three-Coach Sets no: 770-793
Shamrock Finescale three-coach sets will be produced in two livery styles – Southern Railway malachite green and British Railways Southern Region green. Three-coach sets were never painted in British Railways blood and custard (carmine and cream) as opposed to some of the Bournemouth six-coach sets, but it was normal for Bournemouth and West of England express trains from 1948 to 1956 to run with a mix of both livery styles. Three-coach sets also appeared regularly on the Somerset & Dorset line between Bath Green Park and Bournemouth West, and were seen further afield on inter-regional traffic.
Malachite green with green ends: Southern Railway lettering and numbers
BSK Semi-open Brake | CK Corridor Composite | BSK Semi-open Brake | |
No: 771 | 4303 | 5752 | 4304 |
No: 774 | 4309 | 5755 | 4310 |
No: 775 | 4311 | 5756 | 4312 |
No: 777 | 4315 | 5758 | 4316 |
No: 782 | 4325 | 5763 | 4326 |
No: 787 | 4335 | 5768 | 4336 |
No: 789 | 4339 | 5770 | 4340 |
BR Southern green: BR Gill Sans lettering and numbers
BSK Semi-open Brake | CK Corridor Composite | BSK Semi-open Brake | |
No: 771 | S4303S | S5752S | S4304S |
No: 774 | S4309S | S5755S | S4310S |
No: 775 | S4311S | S5756S | S4312S |
No: 777 | S4315S | S5758S | S4316S |
No: 782 | S4325S | S5763S | S4326S |
No: 787 | S4335S | S5768S | S4336S |
No: 789 | S4339S | S5770S | S4340S |
Carriage specifications
- Meticulously researched using original drawings, image material and examples of preserved and modified stock.
- Beautiful hand-made solid brass fine scale soldered construction ensuring superb body detail.
- Interior LED carriage lighting.
- Finished in long-lasting and robust oven-baked satin paint.
- Ball bearing mounted axel boxes for free running bogies.
- Solid stainless steel disc wheels with back-to-back set at 29 mm.
- Conversion pack for standard/coarse scale Hi Rail wheels set at 27.5 mm.
- Removable carriage body so the interior can be accessed for the fitting of figures.
- Roof coach boards commemorating famous express trains run with Bulleid stock.
- Side mounted destination and route carriage boards.
- Manufactured by Art Hobbies, Korea.
Two coupling types are provided: Buckeye couplings will be a standard on Bulleid coaches. A screw (drop) link coupling will be fixed on brake ends to allow connection with most manufacturer locomotive types. Additional conversion packs for screw (drop) link couplings, as well as additional buckeye couplings are available. Note the screw (drop) link coupling is suitable to align with ACE-style drop link couplings where the carriages are run with standard/coarse scale locomotives.