Mk 2 / 2a Coaches
The Mk 2 coaches were the second of the BR designed coaching stock and the Mk2 / 2a were produced between 1964 and 1968, later variant of the coaches were produced up until 1975.
All four models feature superb interior and exterior detail and innovative design, allowing modellers to customise their vehicles to suit their exact requirements. Customer-fit underframe parts and end gangway doors will enable the models to be completed as vacuum-braked Mk2 or air-braked Mk2a vehicles (instruction sheets will provide guidance on which parts are required for each type, where to fit them and which liveries they carried).
Other standard features on the new HELJAN Mk2/Mk2a coaches include highly detailed interiors with separate seats, luggage racks, tables and guards van/office details, a wealth of separate roof, end and underframe detail and our superb new B4 bogies.
To make further interior detailing/painting easier, the models will feature removable roofs secured in place with magnets.
There is also going to be the option to install interior lighting will also be extremely simple thanks to Heljan's new battery-powered LED lighting bar which will simply drop into the locating slots provided on the interior unit. Featuring a built-in motion sensor, the lights switch on when any movement is detected and remain illuminated for two minutes when your train is stationary.
Using standard coin batteries, these lighting bars provide an economical ‘fit-and-forget’ solution without the extra expense of DCC decoders or the additional weight and friction that can cause issues with some lighting/pick-up systems.
These are all now in stock, when stocks run low we are re-ordering from Denmark and they usually take only about 7-10 days to come back into stock.
The factory in China forgot to include the instruction sheets with the coaches so I have attached a copy of them here: Mk2 O gauge I-Sheet