HR Wagon Plate Transfers in 7mm scale.

I think you'll agree that the number plates shown in these pictures set the wagons off a treat. Pete has produced a set of HR wagon plate transfers to complement his growing series of wagon sides and ends, these are available to modellers now. The transfer strips measure 180mm x 16mm and provide water slide-transfers for 10 different pairs of plates to suit the following wagons...

8-ton ballast wagon...2525, 2530

16-ton loco coal...2773

Jones 4-plank open...1462, 1470

Swivel cradle wagon... 908, 910

8-ton double-deck sheep wagon with planked sides...1477, 1490 (sides and ends to be released 4/23)

Drummond 8-ton 4-plank coal wagon...950  (sides and ends to be released soon)

I have mounted the transfers on the flat back of Lochgorm Kits' etched wagon plates. These were painted black, then I used Humbrol DecalFix to help fix them and added a coat of varnish. When dry I trimmed the edges with a scalpel and glued the plates to the wagon. I also tried fixing the transfers to 0.4 brass sheet and cutting the plate to shape with the transfer in place and this worked well too. Plastikard would also provide a suitable backing plate.

It is possible to change a digit by using a scalpel and substituting one of the small numbers from the HR Society's wagon transfer sheet HRGS1, which should widen the usefulness of this sheet.

Price per set of 10 pairs of transfers is... £6.00 plus postage at cost 0.75 for 2nd Class or £1.10 for 1st Class.

e-mail...armstrongps1@gmx.com

tel/text...07342 637 813

7 Ton Swivel Cradle Wagon, detail of number plate.

Swivel Cradle Wagon built by the author from one of his own aids to scratch building.

8Ton Jones 4-plank open wagon, close up of number plate.

General view of Jones open wagon with wagon plate. Built from one of Pete's sets of sides and ends, which provide modellers with a useful aid to scratch building.

Loco Coal Wagon 1657

 

Photo from Peter Tatlow's book on HR Carriages and Wagons.

I built a second 16Ton Loco Coal Wagon from my own resin cast sides and ends recently and the photo below shows the resulting model. I intend to run it with the first one I built, 2773, as they always look better as a pair. The photo above was used to make the model as accurate as possible. Both wagons appear on page 154 of Peter Tatlow's, HR Carriages and Wagons, an indispensable book for Highland wagon builders.

 Details of building these wagons are available in an earlier post on this blog for April 2022. 

If you fancy building one yourself there's only one left now, it's at sale price too ( See Below) and it's the last one.