Is This A Perfect Model? Ellis Clark Pullman All Steel Type K Coaches - Unboxing and Review

[@MIKELANETT120]

They look absolutely stunning … omg that detail!

[@whitefriarnerd]

My savings account breathing a long, deep sigh of relief that these are O scale. Magnificent coaches.

[@andriesgrabowsky2717]

Dear Jennifer, thank you for your praise. Andries/Darstaed.

[@davidlong6173]

The golden arrow Battle of Britain class pulling the Pullman coaches used to pass my house in Clapham North from victory station a great sight.

[@davidjohan99]

Wow....Love them. ❤....I need a much bigger piggybank though!

[@goarmysleepinthemud.]

I do love O guage. If I had the money and space I would absolutely go O.

[@drewsmodelrailwayworld4856]

Lovely coaches, only criticism is they could do with a more prototypical semi gloss finish, but otherwise superb, not sure who the audience is at the price GBP389, alas out of reach for me. I believe there were three Pullman trailer cars in each of the three Brighton Belle sets which were not withdrawn until 30 April 1972. ...Drew

[@phaasch]

2x kitchen firsts and a parlour third. As a young lad, I loved that train, and it never seemed "quaint" to me, quite the opposite. I can't wait to travel on it again!

[@drewsmodelrailwayworld4856]

@@phaasch Me too, I saw a press release the other day that the Belle had been out on its first test run, although not under its own power, but nevertheless looked great. As a Brighton lad I travelled on it a couple of times in the mid 1960's whilst still in it's classic livery, happily not while in the BR corporate livery. ...Drew

[@phaasch]

I did travel on it in the blue/ grey era, and all the magic had gone. It was an awful disappointment​@@drewsmodelrailwayworld4856

[@GameHammerCG]

What do you think of the different editing style with multiple cameras? We tried something different on this episode and would love to hear your feedback.

[@fatwalletboy2]

Hmm id prefer a shinier finish on the paint and if i could afford to blow a grand on 3 of these then i should have spsce in my mansion to run prototypical curves meaning those bellows could do with being less prominent for closer coupling.

[@russellbenton2987]

It’s still a lot of money to pay for a coach

[@grrfy]

Will say it again, paint is too matte. even for scale model ,look at any of the 1/1 they shine like glass!

[@phaasch]

@@grrfy Possibly, it's what they look like from a distance which matters. I do vividly remember as a small boy, walking up the platforms at Brighton alongside the Brighton Belle, and the carriage sides really shone, without fail. But how that looked in flat daylight away from the refracted light under the station roof, I don't know.

[@grrfy]

We could all dine in one at my local Restaurant and sort it out over some nice wine and food ,🙂

[@drewsmodelrailwayworld4856]

@@phaasch As a BR employee of the railways on the Southern Region, I was often in Brighton, and used my free tickets to travel on the Belle (I still had to pay the supplement), the two in service sets mostly, but not always, ran together, I understand they went through the carriage wash every service day as the Belle was always considered a prestige service. Sir Lawrence Olivier (Knighted actor) was one of the Belle's regulars and he was a vocal supporter and critic of BR's withdrawal of the service. From a distance they had that distinctive semi gloss finish, the umber was also a shade richer, comparing photos prior too and post the corporate Blue/Grey livery the newly applied Umber on current Pullmans in general looks to be a different shade, which the new O gauge model reflects for present era running. This later Belmond Pullman livery to me looks a little less 'lush' than the original, the Belle Trust seem to have opted for the more prototypical Brighton Belle livery IMO. ...Drew

[@phaasch]

​@@drewsmodelrailwayworld4856Also, did not the umber tend to darken over time? Some old colour slides show it as a good couple of shades darker than what one tends to see at a heritage repaint nowadays. I'm thinking specifically of Car 54 on the Bluebell.