British Railways

This was the standard design of fitted iron stone wagon some 17' 6" in length and 10' 3 1/2" high of all welded construction. The vehicle had a wheel base of 10' and was fitted with roller bearings and 13" self contained buffers from new. The vacuum cylinders were fitted at one end platform with a pipe running down one side above the side hopper supports. Some 200 were built.

During their long life many wagons were altered with buffers changed to Oleo types anfd axle boxes up rated to roller types.

Iron stone wagons were initially used for iron ore transport but as' tippler' wagons were introduced and iron ore imported wagons were displaced to other traffic. This included sand, clinker, sulphate and limestone for example. Some wagons were altered to include tarpaulin supports for clinker or sand traffic. During their life many wagons were uprated from 24 tons to 33.5 tons without alteration.

The Diagram 1/168 wagons were a conversion of D1/163 wagons to vacuum brake for clinker traffic in 1971. Some 82 wagons were converted many but not all had a change of buffers to Oleo types and roller bearings.

Iron stone wagons were to be seen throughout the country in small numbers or in complete trains.

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Our model is based on measurements and notes taken from a preserved example at Preston. The model features a separate etched brass chassis with sprung suspension; a one piece resin body with white metal detailing parts. White metal soleabar, buffer beam, brake shoes and buffers. The instruction sheet included gives detailed lettering and painting information for a range of vehicles along with suitable references. To download the most recent assembly instructions, current Version 1.00 released September 2006, 4 Sides A4 (130Kb Acrobat 3.01 file).

To read the instructions you will need Adobe Acrobat reader (v3.01 or better). Click 'Get Acrobat Reader' to get a copy of Acrobat Reader: Note this may involve a long download of between 0.5 Mb & 8 Mb depending on the selected version.

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Items required to complete the model:-

• Wheels: 12mm diameter three hole disc wheels.
• Paint - we recommend Precision Paint or in some cases Humbrol Acrylic: see British Railways wagon liveries for product numbers.
• Instantor couplings or screw couplings
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS or Modelmaster see British Railways wagon liveries for product numbers.

Paint, wheels and transfers are available from our sister company Wizard Models.

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