MIR curtain cement wagons

[Noel]

Had some fun finishing some more of these old MIR kits recently, more to come from Gareth's resin body's on Dapol Chassis. I've enough kits from MIR, Silverfox, Provincial Wagons and brass conversion kits JM and others to keep me going for years in retirement. Next plan is to add about 40gm to all my CIE era 2 axle wagons so they are NMRA recommended weights of about 75gm per wagon. Should improve operation of Kadee couplings with uncoupling magnets, avoiding axle jump and breakaways when passing over the larger hidden under track uncoupling magnets. I could never go back to operating stock with tension lock couplings that are commonly supplied on most RTR rolling stock (eg Hornby, Bachmann, MM, IRM, Dapol, Silverfox, etc).

Edited March 13, 2023 by Noel