A review of the new 6 wheel generic pre-grouping coaches from Hornby in the LNER Teak Livery

Well this year is certainly off to an interesting start. Less than two weeks after @Hornby Model Railways big 2021 range announcement the first products have arrived and I was lucky enough to get my hands on a set of their new generic 6 wheel coaches in LNER teak livery.

In addition to the 6 wheel coaches, Hornby are also releasing 4 wheel versions too for an extra bit of variety in the range and all of the coaches are available with or without light pre-installed that work using magnets and a reed switch in the roof.

Railway modellers have been crying out for pre-grouping coaches for a while now but with there being so many variations between the different companies it's never really been feasible as a short run. Now Hornby are taking Hatton's lead and and bring out a range of generic coaches, meaning that they've created a few select types of coaches that they can apply multiple liveries too. For example LB&SCR, LNWR, GWR, Southern and beyond right up to British Railways.

These pre-grouping coaches certainly won't be one for the purists so if you like everything to be prototypical on your railway then sadly you'll have to keep on waiting. But for those of us who don't mind there's a fantastic opportunity here to get some ready to run 4 & six wheel coaches in a variety of colourful liveries as a great price. Considering that these had almost all sold out when I bought them it seems safe to say that Hornby are on the right track... if you'll pardon the pun.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Livery
02:18 - Buffers & Separately Fitted Parts
03:03 - Lighting
05:21 - Step Board Fitting
06:12 - Wheels
06:46 - Running Session & Final Thoughts

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