Marc Dobson
Western Thunderer
Following on from a discussion that can be found on the Crane Tank thread I have started this thread to stop the other topic being hijacked and going away from the original theme.
Just before Christmas Last year I was contacted by a customer in NSW Australia enquiring about the possibility or producing some NSWGR rolling stock kits. I was sent one of the most comprehensive railway books I have ever seen, its Goods Wagons of NSW Railways 1855-1905 by Ian A Dunn.
So we now have 3 wagon kits well under way they are at the last part of the design phase and should have the first batch ready to be shipped to Australia by the end of September.
I'm hoping to develop this project into a range of kits that can be used by any modelling NSW railways from 1860 to 1950 as the basic design of the wagons changed little.
The first 2 kits of the rank are:
With the design work for these wagons most other wagons come into play as below the sole bar most are the same.
The next wagons I'm looking at is a:
Just before Christmas Last year I was contacted by a customer in NSW Australia enquiring about the possibility or producing some NSWGR rolling stock kits. I was sent one of the most comprehensive railway books I have ever seen, its Goods Wagons of NSW Railways 1855-1905 by Ian A Dunn.
So we now have 3 wagon kits well under way they are at the last part of the design phase and should have the first batch ready to be shipped to Australia by the end of September.
I'm hoping to develop this project into a range of kits that can be used by any modelling NSW railways from 1860 to 1950 as the basic design of the wagons changed little.
The first 2 kits of the rank are:
- Class D 2 plank open with falling sides or centre door. the kit will build either.
- Class D 3 plank open with falling sides or centre door. the kit will build either.
- Class A 1 plank open with fixed sides.
With the design work for these wagons most other wagons come into play as below the sole bar most are the same.
The next wagons I'm looking at is a:
- D 4 plank with steel under frame (under frame is the same as most British ones)
- Class C box van type to be determined
- Powder van type to be determined