I was looking forward to buying two or three of the new BR cattle vans from Bachmann to save me building the old Airfix kits, which would need some alterations to get rid of the door hinges, etc.
A mate arrived with his new purchase of a cattle van and initial inspection was positive. When I compared it to an Airfix/Dapol one I found the Bachmann one to have an underframe length of 19ft 6in. All the info I can find on the BR wagon states that the wagons were 18ft 6in long. He has gone now so I can't double check it but I don't think that I imagined it. Have Bachmann really made the wagon one foot too long? That's a whole 4mm - looks deliberate but can't think why they would do that.
Am I missing something?
