376-200A LNER Thompson First Corridor LNER Teak Effect 136 Cleaning Car Thunderbird 5 with Thunderbird 3

Thunderbird 5 with Thunderbird 3

Two carhops on skates deliver tasty treats

1:350 scale plastic model kit from AIP

Window mullions moulded into "glass" for true-to-scale look

Flaps can be depicted in either up or down position

376-200A LNER Thompson First Corridor LNER Teak Effect 136 Cleaning Car Thunderbird 5 with Thunderbird 3Entering traffic just after World War Two, the Thompson coaches were the last mainline corridor coaches to be built by the LNER, and indeed examples continued to be outshopped after Nationalisation in 1948. Utilising steel panelling, a departure from the teak panelling traditionally seen on coaches built by the LNER and its predecessors, the Thompson coaches were sleek and modern in appearance. Whilst much of the fleet would remain in service until