The bodyside captures the continuous curve of the prototype well and includes details such as the clips for holding the destination boards on the coach sides. The riveted window frames however appear in the reviewer's opinion to be too prominent. Unfortunately the window glazing is not flush (South Eastern Finecast do manufacture flush glazing packs for these coaches, but from all accounts they are slightly fiddly to fit, and you either like the effect achieved with this method or you don't). The moulded door handles and grab rails are neatly picked out in brass colour paint. The roof nicely represents the canvas style roof with rainstrips, vents and guards' periscopes where appropriate and correctly captures the characteristic Bulleid transition between roof and bodyside with a very shallow gutter

The bogies are nicely moulded representations of the SR standard 8-foot steam stock type (the early production models had the tension lock coupling moulded as part of the bogie, but this was later changed to the newer slimline coupling that clips into the bogie). It is also worth noting that these bogies are usefully available as a spare part.

However now that Bachmann have excelled themselves with the level of detail on the subsequently introduced MkIs such as close coupling, flush glazing, separate water tank filer pipes / end handrails and finer underframe detail, it does leaves the Bulleid range slightly lacking.

Don't forget - third class was abolished in 1956, with the third class stock becoming second class.

The Bachmann range comprises of four coach types namely: