4mm RTR coaches and non-passenger-carrying coaching stock ('brown vehicles')

Dapol Mainline and City Brake 3rd, picture by Andy York

Dapol's choice of an unusual prototype (the Mainline & City Toplight sets) got some tongues wagging, but there's no doubt the result is extraordinarily good.    photo courtesy Andy York

 

This list shows most GWR-design 4mm ready-to-run coaches and non-passenger-carrying coaching stock (NPCCS) produced since the 1970s, and indicates current and previous manufacturers, although this aspect has been simplified.

Discontinued models are often available secondhand, and can be found on e-bay or at shows.

Coaches

Type Class Diagram Introduced Manufacturer Notes
(NYA = not yet available)
48' Bogie clerestory non-corridor coaches Brake 3rd, 3rd, Composite N/A N/A Rapido Generic non-corridor clerestory coaches. No specific prototypes. NYA. Further info.
4-wheelers and 6-wheelers Various N/A N/A Hattons A range of generic single-arc roofed coaches. No specific prototypes.
4-wheelers Various N/A N/A Hornby A range of generic single-arc roofed coaches. No specific prototypes.
4-wheeler N/A N/A N/A Hornby Crude, old moulding. No prototype
Bogie Clerestory (short) Brake 3rd N/A N/A Tri-ang No exact prototype
Bogie Clerestory (short) 3rd N/A N/A Tri-ang No exact prototype
Bogie Clerestory (long) Originally 2/3rd Corr. Comp. Later changed to Corr. 3rd C15 1898 Hornby Panels painted, not moulded. Incorrect size wheels
Bogie Clerestory (long) Corridor Brake 3rd D25 1899 Hornby Panels painted, not moulded. Guards door incorrect one side. Incorrect size wheels
Autocoach 59'6" N 1907 Dapol NYA
Bogie Toplight
(short)
48' Third
(non-corridor)
C37 1920 Dapol Mainline & City stock. Various liveries.
Bogie Toplight
(short)
48' Brake Third
(non-corridor)
D62 1920 Dapol Mainline & City stock. Various liveries.
Bogie Toplight
(short)
48' Composite
(non-corridor)
E101 1920 Dapol Mainline & City stock. Various liveries.
Bogie Toplights
(corridor)
57' C32 all 3rd, D56 Brake 3rd*, E98/103 Brake Composite*, K22 full brake 1914–22 Dapol *both left- and right-hand versions. NYA
58' Collett bow-ended Corridor Brake 3rd D95 (r/h) 1925 Hornby new tooling 2016
58' Collett
bow-ended
Corridor Brake 3rd D95 (l/h) 1925 Hornby new tooling 2016
58' Collett bow-ended Suburban 6-compartment brake 3rd D98 1927 Hornby new tooling 2019. Available in l/h and r/h versions.
58' Collett
bow-ended
Corridor 3rd C54 1925 Hornby new tooling 2016
58' Collett bow-ended Corridor Composite E127 (r/h) 1925 Hornby new tooling 2016
58' Collett bow-ended Corridor composite E127 (l/h) 1925 Hornby new tooling 2016
58' Collett Bow-ended Corridor composite E127 1925 Hornby Fair, old tooling. Superseded by new tooling
58' Collett bow-ended Suburban 9-compartment composite E131 1927 Hornby new tooling 2019. Available in l/h and r/h versions.
58' Collett Bow-ended Corridor Brake 3rd D95 1925 Hornby Fair. Old tooling, superseded by new tooling
Collett Bow-ended Restaurant Composite H33 1925 Hornby Fair. Old tooling
Collett Bow-ended Royal Mail N/A N/A Hornby No exact prototype
Collett B-set coach Non-corridor brake Composite E140 1933 Rapido NYA
Collett B-set coach Non-corridor brake Composite E140 1933 Hornby (also Mainline) * Fair
Autocoach A30 1933 Hornby * Fair
Collett Centenary Corridor Composite E149 1935 Hornby * Fair
Collett Centenary Corridor Brake 3rd D120 1935 Hornby * Fair
Collett 60' Corridor Brake Composite E159 1938 Bachmann ** Good detail but body is slightly underlength
Collett 60' Corridor 3rd C77 1938 Bachmann ** Good detail but body is slightly underlength
Collett 60' Corridor 1st N/A 1938 Bachmann ** No exact prototype. Body is slightly underlength
Collett 60' Corridor Composite N/A 1938 Bachmann ** No exact prototype
Hawksworth 64' 1st A23 1949 Hornby ***
Hawksworth 64' 3rd C82 1948 Hornby ***
Hawksworth 64' Composite E163 1948 Hornby ***
Hawksworth 64' Brake Composite E164 1948 Hornby ***
Hawksworth 64' Brake 3rd D133 1949 Hornby ***
Hawksworth 52' Inspection Saloon Q13 1948 Rails of Sheffield
(produced by Dapol)
NYA
Hawksworth 64' Autocoach A38/40 1951 Bachmann
Reliveried LMS Suburban Brake & Compo N/A N/A Graham Farish No GWR prototype
Reliveried CR Brake and Compo N/A N/A Triang No GWR prototype

*  Previously Airfix/GMR
**  Previously Mainline/Replica
***  Although of GWR design, only a few of the Hawksworth prototypes appeared in GWR livery, and none of the Hornby diagrams did, with the exception of E164 Brake Composites 7372/7, and perhaps some of the C82 diagram.

 

Non-passenger-carrying coaching stock ('brown' vehicles)

Type Code Diagram Manufacturer Notes
Horsebox Paco N16? Triang Poor
Horsebox Paco N16 Lima Good body, poor underframe
Horsebox Paco N16 Hornby Poor underframe, body OK. Hornby pretends this can be an N13 in order to carry pre-1934 insignia.
Milk van Siphon G O11 Hornby ex-Airfix/Mainline. Outside framing
bogies incorrect for GWR period
Milk van Siphon H O12 Hornby ex-Airfix/Mainline. Outside framing
bogies incorrect for GWR period
Milk van Siphon G O33, O62, O59 and M34 Accurascale Excellent
Milk van Siphon G O33 Lima Incorrect bogies. Inside framing. Convertible to diagram O62, O59 and M34.
Milk tank
(6-wheel)
Milk late O Hornby ex-Lima body on a 1942 GWR chassis
(various private diary liveries available)
Milk tank
(6-wheel)
Milk late O Dapol Not to a specific GWR diagram
(various private diary liveries available)
Bloater (fish van) Fish S8/S9/S10 Bachmann  
Fruit Fruit D Y11 Dapol Body too wide. Incorrect louvres and strapping
Fruit Fruit D Y11 Wrenn Poor underframe