OR76BAN004 Great Eastern Banana Van Patched SR 632849 option-set-108 The Craftsman series from Wills

The Craftsman series from Wills offers the more experienced modeller a cost effective way to make large

The Leyland Olympian was actually the last bus model built by British Leyland

each illustrated by a case study of an actual model

Different colours painted on the side bars denoted the various slate quarry companies

Before World War I he had briefly built cars under the Bifort name down in Hampshire

OR76BAN004 Great Eastern Banana Van Patched SR 632849 option-set-108 The Craftsman series from WillsBuilt in 1923 by the newly formed LNER, the GER Diagram 85 banana vans were built to transport imported bananas under carefully controlled conditions. Based on a Great Eastern Railway goods van, these vans featured vacuum brakes, steam heating, and thick insulation to keep the fruit at a stable 57F from dockside to distribution centres like Stratford Market in East London. Only 100 were constructed, numbered 632822632921. Some were later loaned to the