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ok so a tool does exist for that. Thank you

Oh yeah in the picture they are not lined because i was demonstrating how the van sits on 12mm wheels. On a side note, does anyone have any tips on how to line up the w-irons with these whitemetal kits. Ive built one before, it came out OKAY, but the wheels were slightly off center.

I actually added the Kadees AFTER i put 10.5mm wheels on the van. They line up perfectly with the smaller wheels installed

I just popped in Wizard Models top-hat pin-point bearings into the hole in the axleboxes with a drop of cement. I made no modifications.

Heres my build next to a parkside insulated van. I cannot pinpoint where i went wrong

Thank you all for your answers and not thinking my questions are dumb. Can you take a pic of it next to a RTR wagon? Buffers touching?

Please don't beat me up for these dumb questions, i'm still young and dumb. Question #1----- Hornby and Dapol both make 7 plank wagons. They appear to be RCH type but they are 17'6 long with a 10' WB. I own a few of these Hornby & Dapol 7 plankers and had a little fun with them. I separated the body from the underframe and transferred the body to a very detailed brass/whitemetal 17'6" underframe. They look alot better now but my question is did RCH (or whoever) build these 7 plank wagons this size? And if they didn't, would it be stupid to keep the few that I already own and leave them on my layout, pretending that they are some kind of 'experimental' design? Question #2----- When BR absorbed all the privately owned wagons, they were given the prefix 'P' followed by a number. My question is did British Railways ever order / have built any of the RCH or Gloucester wagons new, to be added to their fleet and given the prefix 'B', and if so which numbers followed the 'B'? Question #3----- I just got finished building 2 Cambrian kits, one an LMS 12t goods van with 9' WB (D1664), the other is the same van but with steel ends. For some reason the buffers sit much much higher than all of my other wagons. I doubled checked if the floor was positioned correctly and it is. Is this normal for these vans? I really do not like the way they looks so i replaced the wheels with 10.5mm lowmac wheels and they looks much better, buffers are now only slightly higher than the rest of my wagons. Some answers will really be appreciated, thanks!

For some reason when I try to login or place an order I get the error message “recaptcha validation failed, please try again”. Is this a problem with the website’s mechanics? Or are they not in business ?

On Dapol’s website there is a brief history on the van, and I have seen the van in 2 old photographs from the early BR days as part of a long freight train. Today I discovered that on coopercraft’s website they sell 2 different 11’ WB underframe kits, 1 for the GWR cattle wagon and 1 unfitted for the MR cattle. I am trying to purchase them but there is a problem with their online store, their recaptcha thing is messed up and can’t place any orders. So frustrated

I have a question. When I assemble an underframe kit (in this case the Red Panda underframe and the Parkside 12ft unfitted underframe), the floor that is provided with the kit always leaves an unsightly gap between the wagon body and underframe. How do you guy go about this problem when using one of these underframe kits? Thanks

Where did you get all of those extra underframe details? And have you thought about using Kadee #26 couplers? They are the same as the #5's but with a slightly longer hook. I find them easier to work with

This past week i've been working on 3 wagon kits. First is a Mousa Models LNWR D32 Roof Door Van. Second a 51L NER Perishable Goods Van. Third a Parkside LNER Fruit Van. For the "PERISHABLE" label I used Fox Transfers 2mm Alphabet waterslide transfers, body color painted 'Indian Red'. It was my first ever attempt at a whitemetal kit, I had a few issues but eventually got around them, and man is this thing heavy compared to my other wagons. All thats left to do is apply Kadee #26 couplers, which I apply to all non-NEM wagon kits. For RTR wagons with a NEM socket I use Kadee #18 and #19. Also need to weather the 2 LNER vans. Weathering is complete on the LNWR van.

Oh wow thank you, never heard of that company, the items look like they can definitely come in handy. Any answers on my question about the fruit mex van body?

Oh and 1 more question, is there a company that makes brass solebars for scratchbuilding??

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Before you bash me about the livery being non-prototypical, I figured since my layout is completely fictional anyway, it shouldn't matter if a few liveries aren't correct. First is a Cambrian 2-Plank drop-side wagon (Cambrian kit #C100), in BR departmental livery. I am pretty sure none of these made it to the BR days. The second is a NER Perishable van (51L kit) painted in Indian Red, transfers not yet applied.

Just read all the replies, thanks alot for all this useful information. I will also browse through the forums to gather as much information as possible

Oh yes i think Red Panda makes the BR plywood shoc-van. I loveeee Red Panda's underframe kit. It is so customizable you can make it fit almost any 10-foot and 9-foot WB wagon.

Hi, i've been modelling in OO and HO scale for many years but still im somewhat of a newbie, so i have few newbie questions to ask... 1- Why do RTR wagons have larger 12.6mm wheels but wagon kits use smaller 12mm wheels? And which are accurately scaled? 2-Does every vacuum fitted wagon have that round hose on its bufferbeams? 3-Is there anything you can do to fill in that gap on switchpoint tracks? I am having some derailment issues. 4-What were the SNCF-type 16t steel mineral wagons used for? They only had those cupboard style doors. 5-Were brake coaches only used at the front and end of the rake? 6-And finally.... i am looking for rare and hard to find 4mm wagon kits. Are there any other makers other than Parkside, Cambrian, Slaters, Dapol, Mousa, and 51L? Thanks Anthony