Apparently it is the law of the internet that if you go to a model railway exhibition and buy things you have to make a 'look what I've bought' post.
At the Statfold 009 show I finally got round to purachsing some of the 009 society's wagon kits. For the more than reasonable price of £6 (At the time of writing!) you can quite easily build up a large fleet of wagons that would look at home on almost any narrow gauge railway. A plank sided Colin Ashby coach also made it into the mix. The Eggar Bahn balcony ended coach and the Worsley Works Talyllyn Refreshment Van are projects for another day...
Opening up one of the wagon kits, in this case the steel sided wagon, the parts are very neat and crisp. Slotting together almost seamlessly when offering them up for a test fit before glueing. The kit also comes with metal wheels.
Assembly is very straightforward. Two edges and one side are joined together before being wrapped round the floor piece. It's worth mentioning that due to the nature of the sprues, each kit comes with a spare wagon floor.
Two wagon bodies assembled, the wooden bodied variant on the left. After this it is simply a case of adding the sole-bars and wheels underneath. I did open out the axleboxes slightly to allow the metal wheels to rotate more freely, though this step could easily be missed out.
All three assembled wagons pose on 'The Garden Railway', along with the Colin Ashby coach. Assembly of the coach is of an incredibly similar nature, the only major additions being the inclusion of seats and after final painting, the windows panes and roof.
Next stage, adding some Peco NEM coupling pockets and then onto the paint shop.
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