Ffestiniog Railway 3 Ton Slate Wagon Kit

Price range: £18.95 through £124.95

The Ffestiniog Railway had over 1000 slate wagons (Bulk discounts available if you want to match this number!) for transporting finished slate from the quarries and mines of Blaenau Ffestiniog to the harbour in Porthmadog or exchange sidings in Minffordd. The 3 ton slate wagon were not popular with the quarry owners due to their size, much of the quarries infrastructure was built to accommodate the narrower 2 Ton wagons. This kit is based on one of the Brown Marshall built wagons, with “Dead” buffers. The un-braked wagons were ordered in 1868 and a further batch of braked wagons were ordered and delivered in 1870-1871. The last 3 ton wagons were produced in 1882, with all subsequent orders were of the 2 ton variety.

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Description

The kit compromises entirely of 3D Printed parts, with the axleboxes being printed in resin and the rest of the kit in FDM.

The running gear is standard Binnie wheels, with steel axles and a set of our custom CNC machined brass bearings. There is also the option to upgrade to our CNC machined steel wheels.

Each part of the kit has been produced by a process that is optimised for that part.

The dimensions below are all maximum dimensions, so over couplings for the length and over any detailing parts on the outside for the width. The height is from the top of the rail, to the highest part of the vehicle.

Length – 124mm
Width – 67mm
Height – 51mm
Coupling Height – 25mm
Gauge – 32mm

The kit contains everything you need to build a 3 Ton Slate Wagon, including our detailed and illustrated instructions. The only thing the kit does not contain is any paints and adhesives.

As with all of our kits, this has been designed to be a straight forward kit to build, perfect for beginners. It can be built and assembled as supplied to be a great representation of the 3 Ton Slate Wagon, or it can be “super-detailed” to add even more realism to your model.

Information about this wagon and similar vehicles can be found on the Festipedia site here.

Images of the van can be found on the Ffestiniog Railway Heritage Group’s Ibase website.

The demonstration model is painted in Halfords Grey Primer, with a coat of Rustoleum Semi-Gloss Clear Coat.

Decals for this wagon are available at Endon Valley Custom Decals.

 

Additional information

Wheels

Plastic, Steel

Wagon Type

Braked, Un-braked, Multipack