BR Mark 2a coaches

[spud]

Hi, 

 

Back in my younger days i had a rake of Hornby mk2 coaches with a class 37 as one of my first train sets. 

I alway remember the coaches had thier window frames finished in bright chrome. 40 years later, and im building a rake of 7mm ones, I'm wondering if any did actually have chrome /silver window frames, or was it just a Hornby thing?? 

[Merfyn Jones]

10 minutes ago, spud said:

Hi, 

 

Back in my younger days i had a rake of Hornby mk2 coaches with a class 37 as one of my first train sets. 

I alway remember the coaches had thier window frames finished in bright chrome. 40 years later, and im building a rake of 7mm ones, I'm wondering if any did actually have chrome /silver window frames, or was it just a Hornby thing?? 

 

Pure Hornby !

[BernardTPM]

The real Mk.2 coaches had the sliding parts in aluminium just noticeable in the picture here.

The chrome on the Hornby Mk.2s was replaced by silver paint later which looked better. The very early Mk.2 models (late '60s to early '70s production) did without the chrome, just having grey in the window band.