37114 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I am hoping at some point to build a model of the Pooley Van's which were conversions of the GWR 10t Bloater fish Van's. The model I am interested in was a conversion of the S9 dia variant which WEP models do as an etched brass kit (in the original fish van format). I was interested in hearing if anyone had built any of the WEP wagon kits please; are they straight forward to assemble, any watch outs? Also are they a good representation of the real thing? I have built a few etched kits over the years (most recently the First Class Kits presflo) so have a bit of experience under my belt. Thanks in anticipation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I can’t help with concerns or “watch out’s” but my limited experience is that they are very good. hth Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold markjj Posted December 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2020 Compared to the First Class kits they are excellent. Is it this one which the late Raymond Whalley reviewed on his website? http://wryl.co.uk/wagons/gwr/toolpacking.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 2 hours ago, markjj said: Compared to the First Class kits they are excellent. Is it this one which the late Raymond Whalley reviewed on his website? http://wryl.co.uk/wagons/gwr/toolpacking.html Thanks Mark, the van I need is a different van to that one but I presume it is very similar to construct so the link is helpful, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold markjj Posted December 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, 37114 said: Thanks Mark, the van I need is a different van to that one but I presume it is very similar to construct so the link is helpful, thank you. All the WEP kits are a similar construction so it's easy to get a feel for them. A lot of parts are slot and tab construction. There are several other van builds on that site though. Edited December 26, 2020 by markjj 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted December 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2020 Talking of the bloaters and here's one from my late father's collection of which I can vouch for building into a quality model. Detail aplenty. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Talking of the bloaters and here's one from my late father's collection of which I can vouch for building into a quality model. Detail aplenty. That looks excellent. Having read the link posted by Mike I feel comfortable to have ago at the kit, my main challenge will be cutting the windows etc that were fitted as part of the Pooley conversion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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