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
I have an interesting question about the following photo.
Others have raised concerns about the uniformity of the train? My shout was that it was a load of empty's being returned to a single source given the relatively short length of the train. The date I think is relatively early as the loco is still sporting the johnson smoke box door and handrail profile - potentially pre war. The wagons given their height in relation to the cab appear to be D299s? Given the vast numbers produced an
