I'm not that surprised at which coach types sell - its what will make up a representative 5 coach formation. Not many 7mm modellers have space to run an 11 coach express service with full firsts, diners etc.
Not a problem with Southern stuff on the whole, there were very few sets over 6 carriages.
Done properly a 6-coach Bulleid 'Bournemouth' set (including dining car!) would be very worth the effort.
JLTRT will need to start thinking in terms of sets not just individual vehicles...
Pete,
Unlike a Mk1, Bulleid stock windows curve to follow the profile of the bodyside. It's the one thing no manufacturer other than Southern Pride had managed to capture.
Most of the current Bulleid carriage kits struggle in one area or another, for example the CRT ones running on LMS underframes!
I've got a few of the old Cavalier kits which aren't bad, although I have been working up new etched underframes and bogies for them.
Incidentally, my avatar is a Southern carriage; a scratchbuilt 'Continental'.
Steph