973008 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon BR No.E603304 option-set-160 Despite the 45s and 46s

Despite the 45s and 46s not being named after mountains as their Class 44 counterparts had been

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Whilst not quite right we thought we would offer ready-to-run ‘Not-Quite-Minks’ that represent railway companies and private owner organisations where the pickings of RTR models are quite slim – we trust that modellers will overlook any slight prototypical inaccuracies in order to enjoy highly authentic and well-researched liveries on a beautiful looking and refined model

and the later designs of the Big Four

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973008 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon BR No.E603304 option-set-160 Despite the 45s and 46sIn early 1903 while wagons of the final order of Diagram 17 were under construction, the GER was busy preparing a new 7 plank design with both an increased carrying capacity and an improved load retention for low weight but high volume goods. Within two months a prototype of the new 7 plank design had been completed by converting an existing 5 plank Diagram 17 wagon originally built in 1898. Trials of the wagon were successful, although the oil axle