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 Announcement - 04/10/2019

Hattons are very excited to share it’s latest project with you. Detailed on this page, it is the culmination of much research and design and we hope it will fill a large gap in the current ready-to-run coach market. 

We have produced initial artwork for each of our coaches that are to be produced in Batch 1 and provided details for the coaches in Batch 2. These are all available to pre-order now. We have also listed forthcoming models for a third batch, with more details and pre-order information to be posted at a later date.

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

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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