NWNGR Ridge Roof Van

£39.95

These Ridge Roof vans were used by the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway to transport passenger’s luggage along the line, as the Ashbury guard vans had little space for luggage. It is known that they were fitted with chopper couplings ad they were more than likely regularly used in passenger trains. It is unsure who built the vans. By 1912, there is no mention of any vans in the NWNGR’s annual returns, which suggests they were scrapped, converted to coal wagons  or were derelict after the arrival of the Pickering brake composite carriages. None of the vans survived into WHR ownership, although one may have been converted to Van 2 or at least parts used in it’s construction in the late 1920s.

3 in stock (can be backordered)

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Description

The kit compromises of laser cut plywood parts for the main body and frames of the van with Perspex parts to form the roof. Additional detailing is achieved by either FDM or Resin printed detailing parts. The running gear is standard Binnie wheels, with steel axles, our standard CNC machined brass bearings and a set of our resin printed NWNGR chopper couplings, specifically designed and manufactured for this kit.

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.

Length – 180mm
Width – 91mm
Height – 103mm
Coupling Height – 25mm
Gauge – 32mm

The kit contains everything you need to build the van, including our detailed and illustrated instructions. The only thing the kit does not contain is any paints, adhesives and decals.

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 NWNGR ridge roof vans, or it can be “super-detailed” to add even more realism to your model.

Additional information about these wagons can be found on the Festipedia website. Or images of the wagons can be found on the Ffestiniog Railway Heritage Group’s iBase website.