Midland Railway 12ton Van 10' wb

C84 Midland Railway 12ton Wood Bodied Van 10' (D664) - OO unpainted plastic kit

Require glue, paint, transfers, couplings, wheels (Gibson 12mm & brass bearings) to complete.

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.

The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre has one of these vans, but their Stockbook says it is Diagram 1830 and has a 9' 0" wheelbase. It seem from the picture that the wheelbase is 10ft. and not 9ft. There is no Midland Diagram 1830, although there was an LMS D1830 van, but these had angled end corner plates (and no diagonal outside brace).

Midland Railway D663A / D818 Opens and D204 Loco Coal Wagons may appear later. The D663A wagon was in our range in the early 1980s, but the reissue will be new tooling. The D204 wagon was in the list of forthcoming kits at the same time, but never actually appeared.

Alan Gibson Wheels compatible : 12mm 8 spoked