This is a small blog serving a couple purposes. Firstly, to document building these wagons for my personal use, and secondly to test out the Blog feature while remaining fairly anonymous.

I have a few ABS wagons to build for my future layout – mostly BR period LMS and LNER opens, plus a few BR brake vans. I bought a small collection of pre-war GWR wagons quite cheaply so thought I could test out a few means and methods of construction before I start on my 'layout' wagons.

I never seem to have the time to get my soldering gear out so I'm exploring the feasibility and longevity of using glue, and to that end I've bought a small supply of various types. Along with a basic toolkit, this is all I'm going to use for these wagons and see how they fare on our club layout with as much rough shunting as I dare.

So this is it. If I use any more I'll add them as I go.

The glue is a fairly thick superglue as recommended by JLTRT, among others. I have a square for aligning sides and ends, a Stanley knife for trimming the castings of flash and pips, a Swiss file bought from my local locksmiths for £5 and a brass pen brush for cleaning the gluing surfaces. As far as I can tell, this is all I'm going to need for the majority of the build.