North British Railway, LNER & British Railways

Covered goods van drawing.
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Pricing and availability

TThe NBR introduced the 10ton van in 1906 and this became the standard van for the NBR until 1923. The van was equipped with sliding doors and oil axleboxes from new and was a striking wagon for the period. Brakes were originally single shoe brakes on one side but examples with single shoe on both sides, through to either side brakes were produced.

Many hundreds of these vans were built by both the North British at Cowlairs and by outside contractors including 10 in 1911, 250 in 1912, 76 in 1916 and some 200 in 1920. The service life of this type of vehicle was around 30 years and it is known that many survived into the LNER and some were in traffic in 1960.

These vehicles were a common sight across the NBR network in Scotland and surrounding areas; photographic evidence shows them virtually anywhere in the country.

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Made from white metal our model has sides and ends with white metal brake gear, levers, V's and steel headed buffers. Etched brass rocking w-irons are provided, choice of oil axle boxes, and etched brake levers and guides. A Plasticard floor is provided along with a pre-formed plastic roof. The model includes a fully detailed instruction sheet giving detailed lettering and painting information. To download the most recent assembly instructions, current Version 2.02 released September 2007, 2 Sides A4 (121kb pdf 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 open spoke.
• Paint - we recommend Precision Paint or in some cases Humbrol Acrylic: see North British Railway wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.
• Three link couplings.
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS see North British Railway wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.

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

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