3D printed standard gauge metropolitan-railway-ashbury-bogie-coaches

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Metropolitan Railway Ashbury Bogie Coaches and Experimental Motor Coach

With increased demand the Metropolitan Railway introduced new bogie coaches, based on the upgraded Jubilee coaches. With improved fittings they were popular, and it was not long before the Met started the conversion over to electric propulsion, initially with separate locos, then converting some brake thirds to motor coaches. Some all seconds/thirds were also converted into driving trailers.
Eventually all the brake coaches were either converted into motor coaches(2 variations) or all thirds.
With new trains being introduced their days were numbered and most were withdrawn in 1920s/30s.
Six coaches were converted back to steam haulage for 2 pushpull sets to run on the Chesham branch (Brake 3rd,composite and driver trailer 3rd). These survived up till 1960 electrification, and 4 are now on the Bluebell Railway (subsequent restored/converted back into older style), and one trailer is preserved at LT museum.

Metropolitan Railway/MDR Experimental motor coach

Two built by Brown Marshall in 1899 for use between Earls Court and High Street, Kensington . Foutr trailer coaches similar to the existing bogie coaches completed the set.
The motor coaches had bigger wheels necessitating the bodies to be cut away along sides above the bogies.
Trial ran until November 1900,and the set split between the two railways. The Met trailer coaches were absorbed into the other bogie coach sets. The motor coach was either scrapped or used as part of another bogie wagon. Nothing is known about the MDR coaches.

	Description	Model Scales
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	Brake third/second (original) Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	All Second/Third (original) Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	Composite (original) Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	All First (original) Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	Motor brake third Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	Motor brake third (BTH version) Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	Driver Trailer third Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	All Second/Third Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	Composite Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	All First Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	Brake third (Chesham Pushpull) Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing
	Met/MDR Experimental Motor Coach Requires bogies chassis wheels and finishing