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There was a kit for the brake van used in the earlier weed killing train. It was an ex MR van the IWR used if your doing SR. The IWR water tanks were very unusuall in profile!!! And had several chassis over the years. For the odd shaped one, please do not laugh but due to the wierd profile, the only think close was a sweetex sweetner dispenser which I cut into sections!!!!! It is slighty tapered too so I had to sort that. But by cutting ito into quarters for the top, then the bottom tapered bit was sectioned into quarters again. The chassis I used an IWR chassis from Smallbrook Studios I think. For the private owner Royal daylight wagons on the Island I modified a mainland tank wagon. I think the tank wagons and Isle of Wight cranes have taken the longest and are the hardest to build. The next hardest are the SECR composites!!!

Smallbrook Studios do kits of the Cattle Vans in original and modified form. However for the normal van he chose an odd one with the metal formers at the end of which I think there were only 3 brought over and last was condemned by 1950, however by carefully triming the metal formers and by filing the corner plates round you can kit bash it into the more common ones.Most of the LBSCR van were in departmental use by 1960. Smallbrook also do a good road van kit although producing the double varrandah ones involves kit bashing.They also now do one similar to the 20 Ton one. Cambrian do the 10ton round end van kits and also the 13 ton "Medina Wharf" opens. You want the ones with the two doors above the side door. For machinery trucks you can kitbash their single bollster. The only wagon I have not built yet is the boiler wagon as I am busy doing the composite SECR coaches at the mo. But I will get round to it. I may have some surplus SR livered stock from my Mill Hill layout up for grabs. Youcan repaint them if the livery is not suitable. I may also have some of the Blue Circle wagons up for grabs if people are interested although they are modified from the Wessex wagons run as they were not quite correct. I had wessex wagons make 4 runs in total but they made them without end doors and over rear door hinges which I had to do.

If you want to know about what wagons to use or what kit to use just post on here. I have built all the type of wagons with exception to the metal LBSCR ballast wagons and the boiler wagon. But its on my list next!

I have since fitted with lights. Took a while to decide how to model it as there were so many modifications made to it at Droxford. Different roof pods and side trim etc.

I have even built the Sadler Vectarail Rail coach. And modern stock for BR days such as the Britannia Rail Lift.

And the middle open composite.

This the end open comp

This is the 4th one I have built using a different frett!! I have since revisited this one and rebuilt it as it needed a section leting in to make it look right. Will post pics of it shortly. With a bit of plasticard and some car body stopper to hide the scars, they come up real good. But its not for the faint hearted. Be carefull with the chopsaw too. Don't try this at home!!!

Hi, I have built just about every wagon or coach used on the Island, sometimes in several liveries. Unfortunately as is the case, the Isle of Wight is allways different and the coaching stock is no exception. For LBSCR coaches use Roxey but tge brakes need kit bashing. Its not easy but I will go into that later. Ratio and Graham Farish coaches are far to wide for the Island loading guage. SECR coaches are so different from mainland builds so Roxey kits need kitbashing.. I ďid send artwork to Roxey for the Saloons but he does not seem interested. However... The saloons with the open saloon in the middle or end and were the most common by 66 are a nigtmare in their own. So how did I build these??? Get a graham farish saloon. Sand the sides smooth. Get a circular saw with a 3mm blade and slit the coach in half making it the right width. Bond both sides together. Brake off the side down to the thicker part. Should snap off with pliers. Form or make up an inner cantrail to give you a top edge to bond to. Now you have a base to which youcan cut and shut and bond Roxey sides to. Although Bachmann are bringing out birdcage stock. They are the same as the Roxey kits but may save time on Underframe work. Its hard work but the only way you get anything that looks right.

I have not made the boiler truck yet but I have the parts for it!

Not all were S prefix. Some were Es or ES Engineering MP for motive power i.e. loco coal. Ds or DS for departmental. Most of the covered vans became DS even though they were still used in revenue service

For the BR pway vehicles, use the Cambrian sleeper wagon for the sleeper wagon. Airfix Iron Ore wagon for the hopper wagon. Airfix lowmac for the lowmac. Bachmann for the SR brake vans. For the Britannia rail lifter I kitbashed the ratio MR coach for the chassis. For the two vehicles either side, I used red panda flat wagons. For the tube train converter wagon use red panda again and kit bash. These were ex Waterloo and City Line and came over with the 38 stock. Previous to that An ex 5 planker and a bolster had tube couplings. In Steam days one 5 planker and a 10T Brighton covered van had tube couplings For Dogfish wagons use cambrian or Dapol

For Brake Vans Use smallbrook studios for LSWR Road vans. Kitbash those for the double varadah versions. I kit bashed two kits to make the 20 Ton brake van but I think Smallbrook does a kit of that one now. For Brake Vans Use smallbrook studios for LSWR Road vans. Kitbash those for the double varadah versions. I kit bashed two kits to make the 20 Ton brake van but I think Smallbrook does a kit of that one now.

The only wagons to survive into the BR era were a couple of PMV's. Two used at Newport for storage/office and one blue one, the only steam age vehicle to get BR blue. There were I think 4 ballast wagons that were rebuilt as 4 plankers from 5's and ran with The class 05 and the two ex SR brake vans that came with the 05.

The cement wagons were 5 and 8 planks ex Vectis cement wagons with end doors and the door was hinged from a bar atop the rear. Odd. Looking at a very old pic taken on the old quayside at Liitle London it appears these may have been updated dumb buffered wagons that had buffers added as in the pic sone of these wagons had the top hinge. These were ex IWR wagons.

I made many models Of IOW stock for my Mill Hill station. Some wagons I made twice in different liveries twice! Or three times. Cambrian LBSCR Round End wagond for the 10T opens. Cambrian C96 SR 10/12 ton for the Medina Wharf wagons. For the yellow Blue Circle wagons I had a run made by wessex wagons although they did not use end door wagons, so I converted mine. These wagons were the ex Vectis Cement wagons. Dapol had some ltd ed ones made by the Isle Of Wight Model Railway but they had the lettering wrong. For the covered fans smallbrook studios do a resein kit of on of the rarer vans but it can be kitbashed to make the common covered vans. Cattle vans again Smallbrook studios. For machine and carriage trucks you have to kitbash. For the bolsters again use smallbrook studios. For coaching stock you have kitbash roxey and its not easy!!! Hope it helps