Mr Fawkes receives a delivery. (Parkside Z2 Gunpowder Van build and a few other bits)
Recently I've been building a few wagon kits up including these two Parkside GWR 10T gunpowder vans which represent the diagram Z2 wagons built between 1913-1926. From 1934 they were fitted with Morton brake gear and became diagram Z3 wagons which I would imagine would be a simple conversion. I've already built one of these kits and finished it as a BR version which runs on Juniper Hill. They are lovely kits to put together.
These two have been finished with Tamiya acrylics (German Grey) and received a coat of Klear prior to applying the decals sourced from Fox/HMRS. The GPV logos silvered in places and will require further attention before they are finished and weathering completed.
One question I have is would these wagons carry a 'Not Common User-Return to GWR' notice on them? If so I would imagine it would be placed above the 'tare' script on the left hand side?
Here we see John Fawkes having is tea break and having a crafty smoke before the load is placed in the quarry's explosive magazine. Obviously in the days before health and safety.
Next up is a Cambrian P18 GWR ballast wagon. Again finished with Tamiya acrylics. I've added the corner step from some soldered up scrap etch. I need to build a few more of these.
Finally, the Southern Railway built a number their standard uneven plank vans for the GWR/LMS during the war. Here we have a Ratio SR 12T box van finished as a GWR version recently repainted. I'm not sure how these wagons were initially finished. Would they have been painted or left unpainted?
Cheers,
Mark
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