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 7 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.
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Scale and Gauge
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4mm 1:76 Scale - OO Gauge
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Digital Control
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Lit versions feature an 18-pin decoder socket |
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Couplings
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NEM Couplings
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Min Curve Radius
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Radius 2 (438mm)
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Lighting
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Lit and unlit versions of each coach available
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Warm LEDs used on lit versions
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18-pin decoder socket in lit models for digital control
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Lights will come on when power is applied through the track for analogue users or on digital without a decoder
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Coaches will feature roof-mounted accessories appropriate to the lighting type for the coach
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Livery |
Roof Furniture |
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GWR |
Oil |
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GNR |
Gas |
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LNWR |
Gas |
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SECR |
Gas |
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LB&SCR |
Gas |
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LMS |
Gas |
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LNER |
Gas |
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SR |
Gas |
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Departmental |
Electric |
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Tooling Variations
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Seven unique bodystyles
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Two fully detailed underframes
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Two types of wheels (Mansell & 3 Hole)
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Three types of roof furniture (Oil Lamps, Gas Lamps and Electric Lights)
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Detailing |
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Optional lower footboards
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Full brake rigging
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Finely detailed panelling
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Painted interiors
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Fully lined liveries to original company specifications
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Unique running numbers between single coaches and packs - carefully selected to fit with companies numbering systems
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Special Features |
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Centre wheelset on 6 wheel coaches slides for tight curves and is also removeable
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Clip-open design for fitting a decoder and/or passenger figures (We will provide an update on how this will function once the design has been confirmed)
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Dimensions
(Provisional Sizes)
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4-wheel coaches
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Body length - 105.2mm
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Body width - 31.92mm
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Wheelbase - 60mm
6-wheel coaches
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Body length - 129.2mm
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Body width - 31.92mm
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Wheelbase - 42mm
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Body Styles Available
Engineering Samples
We are pleased to share the engineering samples for our Genesis 4 & 6 wheel coaches with you. Use the button below to view images for each coach type as well as videos taking a closer look at these samples.
LB&SCR mahogany
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SECR livery
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GNR lined teak |
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GWR chocolate & cream
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SR olive green
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LNWR livery
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LNER pre-war brown
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LMS crimson lake
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Departmental liveries
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While we are awaiting the completed colour samples for batch 1 which are due at the start of January, we have been busy on the colour layouts for Batch 2. The colour layouts that have been completed have all been uploaded to the relevant products and we can provide a bit more clarity on the liveries that we will be releasing in 2021. View full artwork and an update on each livery below.
Please note - due to a number of factors, our Great Eastern Railway models have now been moved back to Batch 3, details of which will be provided later in 2021.
GCR French grey & brown
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L&Y brown & umber
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Midland Railway crimson lake |
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LSWR salmon & brown
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BR crimson
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NCB blue
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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:
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North Eastern Railway
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Caledonian Railway
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Metropolitan Railway
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SDJR
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Longmoor Military Railway
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Further BR Departmental Examples
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GER chocolate brown
Formations & Livery Guides
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