Annie and Clarabel conversion possibilities ?

[Ian Jopson]

I've just discovered a couple of the old Hornby Thomas range coaches in a box labelled as my son's model railway stuff. I would like to know if anyone has tried converting these to 009, and if so how did they go about it? Would they work as bogie coaches, or be better as six wheelers? I may experiment later in the summer.

[Elmgate]

I do not have any experience of these coaches; however, looking at a photo, I believe that they are basically the same height as typical standard gauge coaches, so are probably too high for narrow gauge. You may be able to trim enough from the bottoms, and above the windows to reduce to a typical body height of around 6ft (24 - 25 mm). However, since I also understand that they are moulded as one piece, it will be necessary to remove the ends, and then reduced these accordingly, before re-assembling. If I were to re-use one, I would remove the chassis, and place the body as a "grounded coach" acting as an office, or dormitory for staff! :)

[B.Meldon]

The Hornby Annie and Clarabelle coaches are as far as I know based on the four-wheel coach that Hornby originally produced in the 1970

[DeadHorse]

I sawed and hacked at some old 4 whl Hornby stuff yonks ago. They can be turned into something that looks like it was made from Ratio 6 whl coach sides. You would probably do better to flog Annie & Clarabel on E-bay and buy the Ratio sides from Dundas @

[B.Meldon]

I sawed and hacked at some old 4 whl Hornby stuff yonks ago. They can be turned into something that looks like it was made from Ratio 6 whl coach sides. You would probably do better to flog Annie & Clarabel on E-bay and buy the Ratio sides from Dundas @

[Ian Jopson]

I sawed and hacked at some old 4 whl Hornby stuff yonks ago. They can be turned into something that looks like it was made from Ratio 6 whl coach sides. You would probably do better to flog Annie & Clarabel on E-bay and buy the Ratio sides from Dundas @