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’ve been “getting away” with the 0.6 mm bit-as-slotting-file technique on the two Brighton opens, which are now both finished, barring a weathering wash – for that I’ll wait until I have a larger batch to do. On the Open A, No. 6448, I’ve finally used a piece of 0.030” x 0.040” microstrip for the timber bar across the end pillars, with a square of 0.010” x 0.020” microstrip at each end for the bolt head:
I’m really rather pleased with how the home-made numberplates have
