QUOTE (tonkatoy @ 10 Mar 2017, 19:18)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Reddo, ref the above, in the photo below on the left is a Touropa from set 44099, purchased from Victors in Pentonville Road in about 1999/2000. On the right, a coach from 64187.
Dunno if you can see from the photo but in the plastic the newer coach has a more purple hue to it, nothing too drastic in the difference, in fact I think it actually adds a bit of variation and interest to the rake. The new coach has a more textured finish to the roof, the windows have a gold finish to the inside framework and (unfortunately) the wheels are a lot shinier. The silver TOUROPA insciptions on the sides are the same for both coaches.
Social history time - 44099 has still got the price tag from Victors - 3 coaches for £98.87...
Hi,
Touropa coaches did not have the 2 (second class) markings nor the smoking signs displayed, I have never come across any prototype coach so marked!
The DB owned coaches in the same colours as the Touropa cars are correct with the class and smoking signs.
Regards
David