Produced for the North Down exhibiiton at Bangor in 2009, I sold nearly half the run at the exhibiiton alone! So don't let it get away! Just 44 left, as I type this. A nice wagon which is instantly recognisable in a train by its dark grey livery. Dapol has managed some nice detail, see below - even the distinctive B&CDR Load plate.
It has been made using artwork supplied by the B&CDR's eminent historian, Des Coakham, who announced himself pleased with the result! Naturally, he got No.1 of the run and I presented him with a special certificate at the exhibiiton.
He's the handsome one on the left, of course!
RRP including postage £10.00 €11.50
As they were late arriving, it looks like sixty of them will be cramming my case, when I fly over on Friday for the Big Day on Saturday. Let's hope Easyjet don't lose the case!
So, if you want one, make sure you see me early at Bangor!
Complete with end lettering, like the prototype!
Another wagon produced from Des Coakham's artwork based on drawings he made during his lunch hours in the 1950s! Time well spent, I'd say. This wagon will have been used to collect loco coal from the coal quays at Belfast, for distribution to the various sheds with coaling facilities. Des described it as an old worn-out wagon, possibly downgraded from normal main line use. Its exact provenance is unknown, but one may be pretty sure that it met its end during the great slaughter of all things to do with BCDR steam in the 1950s when the Bangor line was dieselised. An admission here, the model is pristine, while the original was anything but! A good excuse for some weathering practise (I promise to publish here the best examples offered to me!).
Dapol's prices have gone up, but to add to the cost of this wagon is the extra artwork for the ends and the extra paint job of getting the end lettering on! I hope that my customers consider this extra feature worth it! Where the Irish companies did letter wagon ends, I occasionally reproduce this feature, at an increase to the final price of just over a pound. Feedback on whether this is worthwhile would be appreciated!
A limited run of 150 wagons