James Hilton Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) These wagons are being produced in 00 gauge, exclusively for Planet Industrials by Accurascale. NOTE: Pre-production livery sample shown, we have specified a change to the tone of the orange colour, making it both darker and less vibrant. Sunglasses will not be required! Introduced in 1950, almost 14,000 of these mineral wagons were built for British Rail. Two basic designs were used, both having twin side doors and one end door in their 21ft 6in long bodies, mounted on 12ft wheelbase under-frames. The 21 ton wagons were closer to their 16 ton predecessors in height, and lasted longest both in production and in service. Many saw extended lives in industrial service. Our dark grey and orange livery is inspired by the internal user wagons at Grimethorpe Colliery in North Yorkshire, however they could be adopted for use on your own industrial layout. The pack will contain three individually numbered wagons. Just look at that lovely under frame detail... It is possible to customise them with our transfer packs (such as PIC-001or PIC-005) to add additional markings. We will also offer a new transfer set, to be included free with any purchase of multiple packs, enabling up to 9 wagons to be renumbered in the same numbering style. They will suit weathering, yet still brighten up your industrial layout! Revised shade on right hand side of this sample... Specification 1/107 diagram wagon Spindle Buffers Oil Axle-boxes Two doors on either side of body and another at one end only for end-tipping Pack of three wagons, each with individual numbers NEM standard coupler pockets Narrow tension lock couplers included RP25.88 darkened profile sets with 14.4mm back-to-backs and 26mm over pinpoints Metal 3-hole disc wagon wheels on metal axles - 12.6mm Designed for easy conversion to P4 and EM gauges Extra fine factory-fitted detail plastic parts and sprung buffers Pre-order now for delivery in Summer 2021. £74.95 including U.K. delivery. Exclusively through Light Railway Stores https://www.lightrailwaystores.co.uk/collections/planet-industrials/products/pir-001 I’ve already weathered our sample, I don’t expect many to remain pristine! Edited March 5, 2021 by James Hilton 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 This is the link to Paul Bartletts photo of number 66 but the revised colour is still too orange! https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/grimethorpecoalite/e6bbc36d5 Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 RMWebbers may be interested in photos of 66 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/grimethorpecoalite/e6bbc36d5 and 63 https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/grimethorpecoalite/e620ebc11 I have several others in the same collection - 115, 142, 161. Personally I think the colour is much closer to a red with a touch of brown in it - BR Gulf red may be closer???? There are several photos of hopper wagons in the collection which show the colour more clearly. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Mark Saunders said: This is the link to Paul Bartletts photo of number 66 but the revised colour is still too orange! 18 minutes ago, hmrspaul said: Personally I think the colour is much closer to a red with a touch of brown in it - BR Gulf red may be closer???? There are several photos of hopper wagons in the collection which show the colour more clearly. Thanks both... This is a fact that Steve and went round and round with during development. The base model, the Accurascale MDO, is incorrect for any of those 21t Paul photographed at Grimethorpe, so rather than put the right livery on the wrong wagon we've said our livery is 'inspired' by Grimethorpe, and chosen to go for dark grey and orange. I hope that goes someway to explain the sort of thinking, and consideration that goes into our models. It can be a minefield! Edited March 5, 2021 by James Hilton 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I am quite happy to accept the not quite right wagon but to just go for inspired by and not get the paint to something close and allow it to sit well with the Hornby 21 ton hoppers! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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