The last entry on this project to make a frankencoach from a Hachette coach chassis and roof combined with heavily modded sides and interior from an old Triang-Hornby Mk 1 CK was in October. Every so often I would pick up on this project and do a little more .... then a few weeks back I got the bit between the teeth and attempt the finish stretch. This covered: painting the sides (maroon), roof (grey). Painting the glazing bars a proper shade of maroon (Precision), lining with HMRS Presfix transfers and adding numbering and those extra little marks, adding the window transfers (first, no smoking), adding brass wire handrails and T door handles, then reassembling (which meant remaking locators for those three little screws in the interior), checking it all (i.e. taking apart, adjusting fit, reassembling), adding securing strips underneath to stop those pesky close coupling arms dropping off, finishing off the underframe (the dynamo and the light regulator had dropped off due to bad handling),  and finally adding the filler pipes at the ends (more brass wire) and painting .... was it worth the effort? I think so and it compares reasonably with a Bachmann coach for layout use, separate handrails and door handles plus a matt roof (very light as if fresh from overhaul) are improvements from my point of view. What do you think, here it is ....

Firstly the compartment side: numbered as M 15628

Then the corridor side: (numbered W 15783, not in the C&C livery list!))

and finally a few shots in a train, comparing with the Bachmann BCK 'next door':

Additional comments: 1. I have scraped off the toilet window grey paint courtesy of Hachette and scratched a frosted look.  The interior has rough representations of the toilet sinks as these are visible from outside.  The numbers chosen are from batches built in 1954, so frosted glass applies; 2. My layout is built around a wall and coaches will only be seen from one side, hence different numbers on each side, the LMR one for my 'Pines' rake and the WR one for use in any WR express ..... and lastly the glazing recycled from the Hachette coach has quite thick edges (prismatic) but I'm happy this doesn't show too much in practice. I'm more bugged by the 'canopy glue' I've used to stick the glazing in not drying as transparent as it is meant too ...