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Saturday, 17 January 2026

Odsock Wagons - The Junkbox Coach

After a short delay I have managed to get all the planned 'odsock Corner rolling stock equipped with wheels, couplings and final weathering. The time delay means that we really do have them all, as the mine tub has now been brought up to the same specification as the newer builds.


In order to show off each model I plan to post a number of posts illustrating each model in turn. We'll start with the one that isn't actually a wagon, the simple 4-wheeled coach. It does have wagon DNA in that the floor and seats were originally intended for a wagon projects... I chose to use Vallejo Grey-Blue as the colour as this has a very nice neutral tone and is almost self-fading.


Underneath the Peco chassis still shows traces of primer and even bare plastic where it was blu-tac'ed to the spray stand. Mathieson 7mm diameter wheels are fitted and Greenwich couplers are mounted on blocks behinds the bufferbeams with tiny screws bought on eBay. Two might be overkill but do stop the couplers swinging about...


That's all for this one, the next wagon will be along shortly!

Colin


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