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LMS WAGON KITS
C8 LMS 16 ton Steel Mineral Wagon
2,599 wagons were built in 1946-7 to D2109. Door types varied and there is a choice of pressed or welded side and end doors in the kit.
20,000 more wagons similar to this type were built to the order of the Ministry of War Transport, later becoming BR D1/102.
The 1970s rebodied BR wagons were very similar, although the bottom edge of the side panels was slightly rounded on most wagons.
Could be modelled with the side door open in a goods yard (the welded door would be best, as the pressed door does not have the pressed detail on the back).
The immediate predecessor to these, D2102 7 plank end door, may be introduced later.
D1828 "Gloucester" style body. 1,000 of these vans were built during 1929-30. 300 were built as shown by Gloucester RC&W. Can be modified to the other wagon builders' door styles — flat diagonal door strapping, or no door strapping.
A kit for the later type of LMS Bogie Rail Wagon (LMS code "Borail BBP") - 100 wagons built.
BR built further batches
of wagons to LMS Diagram P19E, with planked floor and LMS 'coach style' Bogies,
from 1949 to 1953 - 162 wagons built.
Wagons of this type ran from 1940 until the 1990s.
A couple were at Peterborough in March 1999.
With a fair bit of kit-bashing it is possible to make an
LMS or BR 55ton Armour Plate wagon from one of these kits.
C57 12ton High-sided Goods Wagon
D1667 unfitted 5 plank open wagon, steel underframe (9' 0" wb./ 17' 6" oh.).
Whilst nowhere near as numerous as the wood solebar type, there were 8,000 of these wagons built between 1924 and 1930.
C58 12ton High-sided Goods Wagon
D1666 unfitted 5 plank open wagon, wood underframe (9' 0" wb./ 17' 6" oh.).
Over 54,000 of these wagons were built between 1923 and 1930. Some lasted until the the mid-1960s.
D1664 unfitted type, steel underframe (9' 0" wb./ 17' 6" oh.). These were a modified version of the MR D664 van (see C84 below), the differences being reversal of the diagonal side strapping, and a backwards step in the reduction of the wheelbase to 9 feet. It may be that this was suitable for use in yards having wagon turntables. 2.544 vans were built between 1924 and 1926. Some vans remained in use until the 1960s.
C84 Midland Railway 12ton Wood Bodied Van
D664 unfitted type, steel underframe (10' 0" wb./ 17' 6" oh.). With "one-piece" underframe.
Built between 1911 & 1921, these vans were the forerunners of the LMS standard vans. There were also vans with this body that were built as grain hoppers in 1922. Some of these were used by the Port of Bristol Authority, whilst some of the ordinary vans had an extended life at MOD sites.
D1670 type built in 1927 & 1930.
Not yet available — out in March 2010.
D1885 unfitted type, built between 1927 & 1930.
Originally, full NPCS Crimson Lake lined livery was applied, but later repainting omitted the lining.
Not yet available — out in March 2010.
This early type of ventilated van, D1676 built 1924-28.
Not yet available — out in March 2010.
One thousand of these wagons were built to D1986 in 1938,and used for carrying containers, large crates & for use as runners under overhanging loads. The kit will be available in 2010, with one-piece floor/solebars.
Sample body from unfinished mould.
LNER WAGON KITS
C10 LNER 16 ton Steel Mineral Wagon
PROTOTYPE: These wagons were built between 1945 and 1947 and lasted well into the BR period (1960s). There were 7,200 built, and similar wagons were built by BR.
C59 12ton 8 plank Mineral Wagon
D192 steel underframe wagon built by SR (their D1390). 1,850 of these were built at Ashford for the LNER in 1945-6.
Choice of RCH or LNER axleboxes.
C81 12ton 6 plank Open, 9' wb wood underframe
Built from 1921 until the mid-1930s, there were over 20,000 wagons eventually. The ends supplied have the straight "Doncaster" style stanchions. These can be filed to represent the "Darlington" long tapered style of stanchion. Whilst there were not as many as the LMS 5 planks, they were still widely seen — see picture of Newhaven harbour below, which includes several LNER 6 plank wagons.
Future kit:
C83 Quint D Bogie Bolster Wagon
Not yet available (Illustration for information only)
Some prototype pictures:
Name those wagon components correctly!
One of a set of photos prepared at Crewe in 1946 for the LMS Accident Investigation Department.
Some LMS and LNER wagons at the seaside. The S.S.Ashley berthed at the North Quay, Newhaven Harbour in the 1930s. Only one definite SR wagon is visible (second from the right).
This is from a composite photo, hence the odd perspective.
Another picture of the "Ashley here