Hornby LMS period III coaches disassembly

[ejstubbs]

I'm trying to find out how to go about disassembling the Hornby period III LMS corridor coaches - the new "super detail" ones, not the RailRoad ones.  So far online searches have not been fruitful.  Can anyone offer any guidance?

[MattR]

If they're like the Period III non-corridor stock, they're a real pain. They're held together with clips (2 on each end, I seem to remember) that are actually part of the window glazing. I also found that after opening it the first time, it was much easier to open subsequent times, just requiring a bit of a tug with the fingers.

[ejstubbs]

Hmm, sounds a bit like the old Lima GUV, where you pushed the windows in to get the roof off.

 

Thanks for this.  It's actually the non-corridor coaches that I want to disassemble, I got that wrong in my first post.

 

When you say that there are two clips on each end, is that at the actual coach ends, or towards the ends of the coach sides?

 

EDIT: I located the clips you described.  After about ten minutes fiddling about with them and trying carefully to separate the body from the underframe without causing any damage, I decided the job was beyond me ☹️

Edited December 17, 2023 by ejstubbs