Tac,
 While you are swaning around in Oregon WE are working our way through the order list for coaches. I say WE because my wife Phyl is the one that is in charge of the interiors and all the fiddly bits. I keep myself busy making coffee answering the phone and baking pies.

We are working on developing a line of Gresley Teaks which we should introduce later this year.

Have a good holiday. Now get off the computer and enjoy the scenery.  

 

The Great Western Railway did have some Collett all first coaches.   They were 60'1" and built to diagrams A20 (lot1581), running numbers 8043-8052 of 1937 and A22 (lot 1586) , running numbers 8092-8111 of1938.

 

This information can be found on pages 230/231 of Jim Russells excellent book - A picture of Great Western Coaches Part II (1903-1948).

 

Which trains they were used in I can't say but there were obviously occasions where coaches were added to the regular formations due to extra bookings, or charters.

 

As in all modeling there was sometimes a prototype for every occasion.