Oliver Rails Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 We are pleased to announce we are working with Rapido to produce exclusive SECR 12 Ton 7 Plank Mineral Wagon Packs in OO Gauge! Between 1913 and 1914 the SECR purchased a number of wagons from RY Pickering. These wagons were built to move coal and were at the time were primarily used by Willam Cory & Son (Coal Factors) based in Erith. These wagons carried a variety of liveries - Wainwright light grey with small SECR lettering and black metalwork, all over Maunsell dark SECR grey with large lettering and also standard SR pre-1936 brown. We are pleased to offer these wagons for the first time in 4mm OO gauge. These wagons are produced by Rapido using their latest RCH 7 plank open wagon tooling featuring both side and end doors, angled vee-hangers, double sided brakes, flat-fronted axleboxes and split-spoked wheels. Although not all minor detail differences can be captured with this tooling, these wagons will be as close a representation of the SECR wagons as possible and will fit perfectly with the new SECR brake vans – particularly our exclusive single-veranda types. Packs of 3 are available to pre-order now for £99.95 (No deposit required) The wagons are currently in production. The current expected delivery date is Late 2023 / early 2024. (Subject to change) Read more here 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) Yippee! Order in for the two SECR packs. Well done rails. This will continue to extend my rakes and fully put into reserve the older Bachmann and Dapol ones based on later prototypes. Edited May 19, 2023 by JSpencer 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Do I need anymore SR liveried wagons? No. Will I therefor pass on these? Also no. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I checked these wagons out against photos of the prototypes. "Although not all minor detail differences can be captured with this tooling, these wagons will be as close a representation of the SECR wagons as possible ...." And you really have to look hard to find differences between them and the prototypes! They are all but spot on. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestburyJack Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Are these noticeably different from the previous SECR 7 plank wagons that Rapido did? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted May 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2023 The biggest difference is the chassis. these are wooden, the previous ones were steel. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidoandy Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 3 hours ago, PrestburyJack said: Are these noticeably different from the previous SECR 7 plank wagons that Rapido did? Different side door arrangements. End doors (not on pervious versions), wooden underframe, different brakes, buffers. I think the wheels are the same! 2 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Coupling hooks the same p'raps ? 😊 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy2305 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Are these still planned for Q3 2024? Interested in the earlier SECR versions but need to figure out funding with several pre-orders on the go! - James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainwright1 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 With all the other Rapido announcements I forgot about these. Have there been any updates ? All the best Ray 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 5 hours ago, wainwright1 said: Have there been any updates ? I'm assuming that they will arrive with all of the other RCH 1887 7 plank PO wagons. I understand that these are somewhere on the high seas at the moment. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainwright1 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Looking forward to a couple of the SE&CR sets. All the best Ray 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Rails have posted an image of the livery samples this morning. I've not ordered any yet but the early livery is really looking great and would break up my mostly Maunsell era livery rolling stock. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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