A Stanier brake van from the Slaters kit. BR unfitted brake van from LMS diagram D2068. Number M731497, one of the last brake vans built to this design. Built in the period 1949-1950 and entered service with the M prefix under British Railways ownership, so it says in LMS Wagons vol 1.

Mostly standard Slaters but I've added the label clips to the body near the verandah ends where most vans seemed to have them, and I changed the curved rain strips to the straight type. There are etched works plates left over from another kit; wrong number of course but, who can tell under all the muck? Paint is acrylic and some oil for weathering all held together by a coat of acrylic ultra matt varnish. Decals are from Fox.

Turned out to be a bit of a bogey project. I bought it years ago from Ace Models in Launceston when I lived in Plymouth as a first look at 0 gauge. Didn't get finished and ended up in a box under the bed. It was rediscovered recently but it isn't a practical conversion to S7 from the stage of assembly I'd got to. Too much faff and carving to move axle guards, brake shoes etc. It sat on the workbench taking up space for a few months until l decided to complete it. Not a favourite but it turned out OK in the end. No use to me as 32mm gauge 0F, so it'll be on Ebay shortly. Everybody needs another brake van, right?