Prototype
This is an accurate model of a standard British Railways long-wheelbase open wagon design for carrying steel pipes. Built in 1949-54 to an LMS design as diagram 1/460, these wagons were built mainly to carry traffic from the large Stanton and Staveley Works near Ilkeston. Originally unfitted, vacuum brakes were fitted as a priority after 1955. These wagons later carried other traffic, following the decline of the pipe traffic in the 1970s. Most were withdrawn in the 1980s, although some survived in engineering department use.
Model Details
Scale: 4mm:1ft (1:76)
Finish: Unweathered
Source: Built from Parkside Dundas kit, with added weight (Coopercraft), turned steel buffer heads (Gibson) and functional instanter couplings. Finished in vacuum fitted form in early bauxite livery and using Fox Transfers. The model is shown with S4 wheels.
Note: I no longer have the facilities to produce finished models such as that shown above.