A trip to the local model shop to pick up some more plasticweld has resulted in the purchase of even more wagon kits, coming home with a Cambrian LMS 1 plank, a Ratio iron mink and a Parkside LNER van.

The Iron Mink was the first to be put together, using up my final set of w-irons. To save time I flipped the floor upside down (so I don't have to carve off all the raised bits),

I then filed off the inside of the w-irons, leaving the axleboxes and springs. (thankfully the Ratio w-irons are very thin compared with Parkside, making this a lot easier). It now just needs to have the w-irons fitted, and I can crack on with the brake gear.

Next up the LNER van (wooden underframe), This has one of Parksides better designs of underfames, with separate W irons. Making it much easier to fit new w-irons. The body goes together perfectly (as you would expect from Parkside), with the sides improved further by fitting separate details. If only we could have a Cambrian kits level of separate detail (separate solebar, axleboxes, no moulded detail etc) with the crisp perfect fit you get from parkside...

Next up an LMS 1plank, This is another of the 'improved' Cambrian kits. As with the previous two I haven't bothered fitting new W irons as it appears to be satisfactory. I will need to do some testing soon to prove this to be the case...

As with my experience of open Cambrian kits so far, it went together very well (and also had the predrilled brake gear!)

I have also been using some left over Cambrian solebars to upgrade some old Bachmann wagons, the intention being adding separate brake gear and sprung w irons.

So far a GW Conflat and a coal wagon have been done.

Also a final photo with some of the current wip,

A Cambrian LMS van, Parkside LNER 5 plank and a Coopercraft 4 plank