Padgate Works

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After a long, troubled period of ill-health, the Works is finally working again.
The below images show a BR 1/017 3 Plank Medium wagon, a continuation of the auld LMS 3 Plank design.
Surprisingly, some of these BR built wagons never received vacuum braking, as seen here.



More stock is presently being finished...

 

[iak63]

More finished items begin to appear.
BMRG has a North American outline layout, as well as the Beastie. Mauch Chunk demands some rather different stock and approaches, as this below Boxcar illustrates. Hailing from the Proto2000 range, this Grand Trunk Western item is, I hope, the first of a few...

 

[iak63]

Recently, I have been lucky enough some auld items of stock via a well known on line trading concern. They come from the collection of well known EM modeller, Derek Evans. They are not without their issues, with parts missing and a good deal of finishing required.
Below is the first item in the repair/finishing shop, an auld D&S kit for a Gresley 32ft pigeon/brake van. The handrails, door handles, brakes and so on need addressing for starters. Mind, the basic bodyshell and underframe are pretty sound.