British Railways Kits

A highly detailed plastic model kit of the BR design shock absorbing open wagon.
Sock absorbing wagons were introduced in the 1930s to provide extra shock protection during shunting for more fragile goods. Springs were mounted alongside the solebars and a slightly shorter body was fitted, secured to allow longitudinal movement attached to and controlled by the springs, instead of the body being rigidly fixed to the underframe. Typical loads for shock opens would include bricks and earthenware products like sewer pipes.
Supplied with metal wheels, 3 link couplings and sprung buffers

Model kit building a detailed replica of the British Railways shock absorbing covered box van, complete with underframe details for the visible areas behind the headstocks.
Supplied with metal wheels, 3 link couplings and sprung buffers

Model kit to build a detailed replica of the BR Vanwide box van in original vacuum brake configuration.
Supplied with metal wheels, 3 link couplings and sprung buffers

Slaters Plastikard 7062 0 Gauge BR 12t Standard or Fruit Van with Plywood Sides

This kit builds a highly detailed model of the British Railways standard plywood sided ventilated box van diagram 1/213 with parts for the Fruit Van diagram 1/233

This kit builds a detailed model of the BR meat van variant of the standard box van design diagram 1/250.
The distinctive covered meat van with its column of end bonnet vents and additional side louvre ventilators is a useful variation on the standard BR box van.
Supplied with metal wheels, 3 link couplings and sprung buffers

This kit builds a detailed model of the insulated version of the BR standard box van design, lacking the end ventilators.
Supplied with metal wheels, 3 link couplings and sprung buffers

Slaters Plastikard 7069  O Gauge BR Lowfit Wagon Dia1/002

Supplied with metal wheels, 3 link couplings and sprung buffers

Kit to build a detailed model of the first design of BR box van intended for loading with palletised goods. Although these vans are well remembered due to their distinctive off-set doors the design was less than successful in service.
Supplied with metal wheels, 3 link couplings and sprung buffers

Slaters Plastikard 7071 O Gauge BR 13Ton High Sided Open Wagon
Kit to build a model of the BR steel bodied merchandise open wagon.
Originally an LNER design these wagons were adopted as the standard BR merchandise open wagon. The steel body was much more durable than wood planks and lashing rings could be securely attached inside the body, easing the work of securing loads.

O gauge plastic wagon kit for the LNER and British Railways long wheelbase 12 ton insulated 'blue spot' fish van, LNER diagram 214, BR diagram 80.
BR built 1,000 of these vans based closely on the final LNER design they supplemented in service. Kit contains parts for oil or roller bearing axleboxes and transfers for BR livery. Supplied with sprung buffers, metal wheels and 3 link couplings.

Parkside O gauge kit PS112 LMS/LNER/BR Gunpowder Van Kit

Transfers included for LMS (post 1936 and wartime), LNER and BR wagons.
Supplied with metal wheels and 3 link couplings.

A well designed kit to construct a model of the BR engineers standard Grampus general materials carrier wagon.
Over 4,000 Grampus wagons were built from 1951 to 1959, based on the last GWR drop-side ballast wagon design with the addition of removable end panels, allowing extra-long loads like signal posts to be carried. The wagons have proven so useful that many could be found in use in 2000, and in addition to wagons used on heritage railways we would not be at all surprised to find some still hiding out in Network Rail engineers yards!
Etched region allocation plates are included, along with transfers for early BR and TOPS era lettering.
Supplied with metal wheels and 3 link couplings.

Developed from the GWR 20-ton open wagon the BR 21-ton version was intended to be the standard coal wagon. The wagons never proved quite so popular with the domestic trade customers as the smaller 16-ton version and later hoppers too over many bulk coal flows. The 21-tonner remains a distinctive wagon of the early BR era, something different to the ubiquitous 16-ton minerals.
Parkside have a well deserved reputation for making excellent kits, producing an accurate model which remains easy to assemble well with only basic tools required.
Supplied with metal wheels and 3 link couplings.