Stuart1983

Hi there, I am the owner of Wagon Essentials and just thought I would post to let you know that it is Dapol OO Gauge ballast that is coloured with black food colouring mixed with pva and water (so therefore grey) and it represents 'ballast' nothing more nothing less After 4 very successful years I have decided to end Wagon Essentials with a heavy heart and concentrate on my main passion Fishing as space and time simply does not allow to run two separate businesses side by side, also sadly model railways seem to have taken a downturn of late, especially with wagons that used to cost £16 just 4 years ago now costing £45 which of course has a knock on effect on the amount of wagons modellers purchase and therefore the loads to fill them. Stuart

After having 2 sets of the yellow Network Rail sets I have been awaiting the arrival of the grey sets and yesterday my 3 sets of these duly arrived, original thoughts, cracking looking wagons, lovely detail, but looking closer, each of the 3 sets has some form of damage, one set has 6 of the little yellow clips that sit on top of the wagon missing (most were snapped off inside the packaging) the second set had 4 of these missing and the 3rd set has 1/2 of the bogies put on the wrong way around meaning that both white brake wheels are on the same side, so a bit of time has been spent with a screw driver to rectify this, but all in all with 5 sets now happily plodding around my layout they look STUNNING! In my opinion these are surely the most realistic engineers wagon out there along with the JJA from Bachmann. Does anybody know what the next run of these wagons will be and in what livery? And maybe even a timescale on their expected release date? Time to start saving my pennies again Thanks Stuart