Earlier in the year I snapped up a few 7mm whitemetal wagon kits off ebay. They are from currently extinct Oldbury Models and fit into my ongoing MR/LMS modelling project.

They are not state of the art by any means but I think can be made up into fairly satisfactory models.

Although I am a follower of etch brass only for locomotive kits I quite like making whitemetal wagon kits.

Obviously, the handrailing had to be fashioned from brass rod supplied with the kit. I preferred brass angle strip for the running board as the whitemetal ones supplied were the wrong profile and would be prone to damage.

I`m pleased I snapped it up and it makes an unusual and not often modelled wagon.

In the paint shop having had a dose of Clostermans black etch primer......

Then two thin coats of Humbrol black 85. There is very limited information and photos of how these wagons were painted. I based this one on the photos in Midland Wagons volume 1.