More Pre-Grouping Wagons in 4mm - the D299 appreciation thread.
Having some time on my hands, I have been working my way through my stash of 4mm scale wagon kits, starting with some pre-grouping examples. As may be evident, my enthusiasm is for the Midland Railway, so first up, a couple of Midland wagons: an 8 ton high-sided wagon to D299 (left) and an 8 ton low-sided goods wagon to D305 (right).
These are both built from Slater’s kits, nice and straightforward so long as one is aware of the major pitfall with the D299: if the sides a
Speculative Great Western wagons continued…
I bought this Coopercraft kit for the 7’6” internal height V4 at the same time as the O4. To my uneducated eye, this looks like a typical Great Western van – I can see that the Ratio kit represents a later generation with more modern goings-on below the solebar and planked doors speaking of declining standards of bodywork but otherwise they’re all the same to me unless they’re made of iron. So you may imagine my dismay on reading in Atkins
