HOGWARTS EXPRESS SET

[M636C]

Since you are in the US, you should have a Bachmann made "Hogwarts Express" set. The cars in this set are based on older production models of cars made for sale in Britain. They are scale models of British Railways Mk1 cars, and there should be one or two second class cars (type SO or SK) and one brake second corridor (type BSK).

If your cars have no interiors, you can choose whether the second class should have a side corridor interior (with separate compartments, like US sleeping cars) or a centre aisle interior. The prototype "brake" (combination car) had only a side corridor compartment interior.

You could contact Bachmann UK, who made moulded plastic interiors for these cars that they sold in England, (as British Railways models, not Hogwarts) and they may have spares. I think there is a link from the Kalmbach website via Bachmann US, but the address is

www.bachmann.co.uk

Note the "co" not "com" in English web addresses.

Current Bachmann UK Mk 1 models are to a newer design, and the interiors might need modification to fit, so you should indicate that you want them for the "Hogwarts"
models.

Alternatively, PECO, the English flexible track maker, have made printed card interior kits suitable for BR Mk 1 cars for many years, although these predate the Bachmann model, and might need minor modification to fit the Bachmann models.

I'm sorry I don't know PECO's web address, it may be on the Kalmbach links, but I'm not sure.

One reason I asked about the location was that in England, Hornby make a "Hogwarts Express" while Bachmann sell those in the USA, and these are different models. The same applies to "Thomas the tank engine", different models sold by Hornby in the UK and Bachmann in the USA.

There have been a number of books on the subject of BR Mk 1 cars, but I believe Ian Allan Limited have a small book currently available, a reprint of a book intended for English "Trainspotters" which provides good clear (if small) interior plans of all BR Mk1 cars at the time of original publication (late 1950s), but this definitely includes the SO, SK and BSK types. Again, I don't know the web address, but entering "Ian Allen", "Book" and "Trainspotter" into Google should get you on your way. There were a series of books known as "Ian Allen ABC Guides" of which this was one.

Hope this helps.

By the way, the Bachmann models are 1:76 scale, not 1:87, if you do get some drawings!

Peter

[GARYIG]

Sorry still new to the hobby. Does anybody know where I can get info on the interiors of this set. I am looking for plans or premade interiors.