Loathe as I am to use a TOPS designation for a wagon, this is one of the relatively few occasions where the wagon type is fairly obvious! While the basic kit is pretty good, accurate and well engineered, also including many of the things plastic wagons sometimes lack, there are a few things which can be improved or extra detail to be added. The usual things like grab handles on the end door are easy enough though the sides and ensds are a bit thick, thinning them down a bit is straightforward.

The fun starts, as is so often the case, is the underframe. What you usually get with any form of 8 shoe AVB is a tumbler on the centre line with linkages heading towards the gloom under the wheels where as pragmatist I can ignore it. This: http://www.gallery68...et/p475948.html shows that it's a bit more complicated.

The kit does the 1/120 which had self-adjusting brake gear. The linkage on the solebar is there of course but photos show something going on between the solebars, but not very clearly. This shot from Paul Bartlett's collection is one of the best I've found, showing a lever and a rod leading from the cross shaft heading towards some sort of bracket mounted on the solebar, with *something* behind it. This shot of a Coil B shows the direction it goes in (more or less...):

http://www.gallery68.../p47042723.html

Not being quite sure how it worked, I went for something representational. It's just as difficult to photgraph as the real thing but I hope this helps fellow detail fetishists...

Maybe a sketch [and perhaps a better photo] later...

Adam