My three vans arrived from Hattons last week (ordered Friday, received Monday - I have a hard time getting local things delivered this quickly, stunning service.) I'm very impressed, and have gone ahead with preordering the next four and the Vanwides, plus I am looking for the first run pre-TOPS planked that I missed.
I like the idea of vans for show layouts simply because they can be loaded or empty - the wags that ask about either 1) the hand of God reaching in to empty or load an open or 2) why you're shunting loads away from the same place you just spotted them gets a little old.
Does anyone have a part number and/or source for the lost wax Slaters Instanter links (only the Instanter portion, not the entire coupling?) Slaters haven't responded to my email question.