Hattons Originals OO Gauge Genesis 4 & 6 Wheel Coaches - Project Updates

Project Genesis

OO Gauge 4 & 6 Wheel Coaches

In the mid to late 1800s, the many operating companies in the UK were producing their own versions of the 4 and 6 wheel coach, which introduced many features onto the railways - lighting, continuous braking and even upholstered seats for all passengers. This led to them being a very common sight. 

Many designs consisted of only a handful of coaches, built to fill a specific need. These would also only wear the colours of the company they were built for.  A good number were absorbed at the 1923 grouping and some found new leases of life on branches that were in need of simple stock to run on them. Some were taken into departmental stock or used by sheds and depots as simple stores vans and used until the 1950s

Project Genesis faithfully represents the trains of the Era 2 & 3 period and brings modellers the opportunity to run a detailed train of coaches in liveries not normally seen in ready-to-run form. We are producing 6 body styles between the 4 and 6 wheel coaches. These will be used to represent a lot of different coaches when allied to the painting and printing we are applying to them. The individual styling has been made to include the most common features from some of the most widespread and longest lasting coaches to help make them recognisable to customers.

Body Styles Available

4-wheel 5 compartment coach	4-wheel 4 compartment coach	4-wheel brake coach
6-wheel 5 compartment coach	6-wheel 4 compartment lavatory coach	6-wheel brake coach

Project Update - 04/11/2019

Project Genesis is now one month into production and we’re pleased to see so many people inspired by a new product.

Your feedback has aided the design of the coaches, from our initial designs that were shown on the launch day. We have iterated through 5 evolving designs to reach a stage where we are happy that we have addressed all of the feedback received and are confident the product will be the most realistic coach we can make. 

These 2D drawings will now be turned into 3D CAD files that will show all of the details which we are putting into these coaches. This will take a couple of months but we will keep you informed as the project continues to develop.

Full Brake Coaches

One of the most requested features was the addition of Full Brake coaches to the range and we are very happy to reveal that these types of coaches are now available to pre-order, HERE.

Full Brakes were popular during the time these coaches ran, as many passengers carried copious amounts of luggage when they travelled. Also, some goods could be transported on passenger trains if they were needed in a hurry, for example - newspapers or milk, so most trains would have had a full brake. As the vehicles were replaced in passenger service, the full brakes got a new lease of life with the engineers of the railway companies as tool or storage vans. This helped a lot of them to survive far longer than the passenger coaches, with one even lasting in service until the 1980s!

Batch 1 - New Full Brake Coaches

Batch 2 - New Full Brake Coaches

LB&SCR Umber Liveried Coaches

Finally, one livery not included in the initial plan has been requested more than any - LB&SCR umber. This has also now been added and can be pre-ordered HERE, to run with the new Hornby Terrier or any of the other great LB&SCR locos available now. These will be available as part of Batch 2.

Read our full formations guide to explore some fantastic example trains you could run and an idea of which coaches you need to build a full train. We have also produced some useful livery maps, to show you which areas each of the different liveries would have operated in.

Click HERE to check out the full formations guide.

We have revealed initial artwork for our first batch of coaches which you can see below. Further down the page are details of our second batch of coaches, which are also available to pre-order.

GWR Chocolate & Cream

GNR Lined Teak

LNWR Livery

SECR Livery

LMS Crimson Lake

LNER Pre-War Brown

SR Olive Green

Departmental

We are also announcing plans for a second batch of coaches with further liveries which are not covered as part of Batch 1. These are available to pre-order but at this time do not have a confirmed release date. We will provide more information following the release of Batch 1 in Q1 2021.

GCR French Grey & Brown

GER Chocolate Brown

L&Y Brown & Umber

Midland Railway Crimson Lake

LSWR Brown & Umber

BR Crimson

NCB Blue

LB&SCR Umber

We will be producing a third batch of coaches which will be available following on from the release of the first two batches but are not currently available to pre-order. Currently proposed liveries are:

• North Eastern Railway
• Caledonian Railway
• Metropolitan Railway
• SDJR
• Longmoor Military Railway
• Further BR Departmental Examples

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