Provincial Wagons - maybe another chapter ......

[leslie10646]

From my website:

As of January 2026, I am ceasing to produce kits of several of my wagons. 

However, as three share the same 9ft wheelbase, it is my hope that we can recreate these through the medium of 3D printing and provide customers with an almost Ready to Run vehicle. The wagons are the GNR cattle wagon, its close cousin the SLNCR cattle wagon and finally the GNR 9 ton van (which, while sharing the same wheelbase, is slightly longer).

A fourth wagon is also planned, the Railway Clearing House (RCH) 10 ton unfitted van, as it would have run on CIE. I have previously made a kit of this wagon in its GNR form, but the GSWR, GSR and MGWR produced wagons to the basic RCH pattern, with minor differences as they would have used existing components commonly used on their railways. There is photographic evidence of some of these vans being still in use in 1970, and probably later on CIE.

I would intend to produce some in GNR livery also.

Also, although maybe for 2027, now that drawings have surfaced of the GSR horsebox, courtesy of @Mol_PMB, at last this gap in the wagon stock might be filled. (I haven’t forgotten the GNR one, which would be more up my street, but we’ll see how 2026 pans out!).

In this project, I am working with Enda Byrne of CK Prints, who already sells my kits and wagons in the Republic of Ireland. I heartily recommend his excellent wagons to you. See: 

https://ckprints.ie/page/wagons

[popeye]

I think 3D printing is the way forward for small runs of  niche models. Keep her lit 

[Turin60]

Leslie, will these be available direct from yourself this the wrong side of the Irish Sea, I ask this as I have only just started modelling the Irish prototype.

John Bruce.

[leslie10646]

For now, the idea is that I sell in UK and Enda sells in RoI (Europe if you like!).

I have small stocks of CK Prints stuff here already (see my website)) and will carry more in due course - for example the forthcoming Ranks wagons.

That said, you all know how to make God laugh? Tell him your plans .......

Or as Napolean said, the plan of a battle changes the moment the first shot is fired.

[Turin60]

Thanks for clarifying that Leslie, might still bump into you at Southampton tomorrow?

John Bruce.

[leslie10646]

Sorry John, you won't. I'm struggling back to health after a bad couple of months and have done very little walking - so lente, lente .....

A pity as there are good layouts and traders there, but getting fully right comes first.

I hope that you enjoy it. give my best to @Colonel and @Andy Cundick. 

[Turin60]

Thanks for that Leslie, hope you're back up & running soon. Best given to both of the above even though Andy did not have his GWR broad gauge layout there due to a slight mishap when packing his car, so was running North British instead!

Oh the life of the exhibitor!

John Bruce.

[leslie10646]

Commiserations, Andy. I hope that the damage isn't too bad.

Haven't seen the North British layout, so I did miss out regardless!

[Andy Cundick]

Stock box versus gravity no need to say who won, fortunately it was only the two locos,so as Lochty was at the front of the pile and hadn't been to Southampton since 2022 that went instead it did mean it had bit of a run before Tonbridge next month as for Marlborough it will be at Swindon on the 7th of March Andy. 

[leslie10646]

Swindon, 7 March - I was about to put it in the diary, but that's the date of the huge Abrail exhibition which is pretty unmissable!

Do these exhibition managers not liaise? The two venues are about twenty miles apart?