Midland Railway, LMS & BR

Built from the 1890s onwards these versatile flat bed wagons were used for a variety of traffic. Some 500 were built to 4 lots between 1895 and 1910. There were two versions the first an 8 ton wagon with grease axle boxes and single side brakes (D336) and second a10 ton with oil axleboxes, heavier duty springs and either side brakes (D336a). The oil axle box wagons having heavier springs tended to be slightly higher of the rail. Originally intended for agricultural machinery they were used to transport a wide range of machinery, road vehicles, containers etc. Inevitably modifications and enhancements occurred after build and many D336 wagons would receive either side brake gear and perhaps even oil axle boxes. The long low was a long lived wagon with many examples lasting till the 1950's and at least one survived till 1961 in departmental use.

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Made from white metal our model has separate sides including solebars with springs and ends with an embossed Plasticard floor. The model includes etched brass w-irons, white metal brake levers and V's complete with a choice of grease or oil axle boxes and white metal buffers with steel heads. A fully detailed instruction sheet is included giving detailed lettering and painting information. To download the most recent assembly instructions, current Version 2.00 released September 2002, 2 Sides A4 (39Kb Acrobat 3.01 file).

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Items required to complete the model:-

• Wheels: 12mm diameter open spoke.
• Paint - we recommend Precision Paint or in some cases Humbrol Acrylic: see Midland Railway wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.
• Three link couplings of your choice
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS see Midland Railway wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.

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

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The Midland Wagon, Volume 1; R Essery, P103-105
The Midland Record, Volume, P6-9

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