Hi all,
I had a few issues with this wagon - see my last post for details. Now it's solved, here's how I built it.
Firstly, the history. Y7 is the only 17'6" length banana van with sides and 9' wheelbase as per the V21/33 vans. The ends are unique with a shutter on the left and flat X bracing in the middle. Some of them had the ends altered in later life. Of the four preserved, two have the original and two the new ends.
The parts I used were:
Hi all,
I've been thinking about getting some more variety with Loco Coal wagons. There is the Coopercraft and Cambrian 10 ton wagons, a Cambrian 40 ton and nothing great in between. Dapol do several wagons liveries as loco coal, but none are spot on. Shapeways do 3d prints of two types, including an N28 body to go on a Dapol underframe. But the underframes were out of stock when I last looked...
You can make an N27 body by taking 2 Dapol bodies and putting the fixed end
I have a bit of a problem with plastic kits. I don't often follow the instructions - I like to see if there are similar wagons I can make.
I think the Parkside choice of making an O11/15 5 plank open wagon is a good one. So many kits are of wagons that you only really need one of, this one makes over 12,400 wagons!
Looking in Atkins et al, there are a few other diagrams that are similar:-
O11 use the kit non-vacuum
O15 use the kit vacuum
O18 as O11 but sack
Hi all,
Over the last few months I have been working on a GWR Y7 banana van. It's a rare beast that seems to be a bit camera shy but it is the only 17'6" banana van. There is not a kit generally available, so I decided to kit bash one.
The sides look like the standard 17'6" GWR body (Ratio GWR van) and the 9' WB underframe is like the Ratio GWR open. Ends would be modified Cooper Craft spares.
I have mostly built the wagon - I thought I only had tie bars to
