A motley selection of early wagon masters is the result of some time off work. Well, it keeps me off the streets....!

The larger round end wagon with end doors (middle row) is a SER open by Joseph Wright c1850. A very interesting wagon and very similar to those built for the London and Birmingham Railway a few years earlier. The L&B wagons are unattributed however, since Wright made carriages for the L&B it's entirely possible that the wagons were supplied by Wright as well.I'll tackle an example of one next.

The large slatted wagon (top right) is a London & Birmingham goods wagon helpfully described by Samuel Brees as 'another wagon'! It bears a close resemblance to Liverpool & Manchester goods wagons famously depicted in illustrations of the period. It is without sheet iron lining and canvas tilt frame which will be added later once the kit is cast and constructed.

The three short wagons (top left and bottom row) are Birmingham and Gloucester Railway wagons, a single plank ballast, slatted goods wagon and a four plank mineral wagon which would have been a rebuild of a ballast wagon.

There are quite a few parts conspicuous by their absence but these are duplicate components created once I've made the first mould in a couple of weeks time.

More pictures of test kit builds to follow then.