GWR & BR Sprung 5’6″ Plate Freight Bogies
Updated, fully detailed plate freight bogie kits featuring a sprung etched bolster along with 3D printed cosmetic sideframes. There are six versions, two BR types and four GWR.
The previous versions with etched cosmetic sideframes and cast details have now been withdrawn.
The following types are currently available:
The price is per pair. 3D prints, spring wire and brass pins included. Wheels, top hat bearings, M2 bolts and nuts, 2.5mm x 2mm brass tube pivot point bearing sleeve are required to complete.
The BR bogies were a development of the GWR design and were fitted to a wide range of wagons with the roller bearing version (PG.02) replacing the oil ones (PG.01) aorund 1959.
The GWR types started with a lightweight bogie with no extrenal angle along the top (PG.03A). Some of these bogies were later fitted with external angle to strengthen the bogies (PG.03B). There was a variant of the first iteration with Heavy Duty journals (PG.03C) which were fitted to bogie loco coal wagons and some early Crocodiles . These early plate bogies evolved into the standard design (PG.04) which saw widespread use. There was also a heavy duty design (PG.05) which was used under some of the larger Crocodiles and the first batch of BR Stripcoil wagons (my kits C.01 & C.02).
There heavy duty GWR type was tweaked by BR (PG.06). These were used under the second batch of BR StripCoils, some specialist Flatrols/Borails and the first batch of Murgatroyds bogie liquid chlorine wagons.
- PG.01 BR Freight Bogies – Oil Journals – £14
- PG.02 BR Freight Bogies – Roller Bearings – £14
- PG.03A GWR Early Lightweight Freight Bogies – No External Top Angle – £14
- PG.03B GWR Early Lightweight Freight Bogies – External Top Angle – £14
- PG.03A GWR Early Lightweight Freight Bogies – No External Top Angle – HD Axlebox – £14
- PG.04 GWR Standard Freight Bogies – £14
- PG.05 GWR Heavy Duty Freight Bogies – £14
- PG.06 BR Heavy Duty Freight Bogies – £14
LNER 5’6″ Diamond Freight Bogies
Specification is exactly the same as the plate bogies with 3D printed cosmetic sideframes over a sprung brass frame.
The 50T bogies are suitable for the LNER Brick and Sulphate wagons.
The 42T bogies are suitable for LNER Quint Ds/Bogie Bolster Ds and Boplates. There is a choice of LNER cast axleboxes (PG.12A) or BR welded axleboxes (PG.12B). The BR axleboxes could be found on the BR Bolster Ds built to diagram 1/472.
- PG.11 LNER 50T Diamond Freight Bogies – £14
- PG.12A LNER 42T Diamond Freight Bogie (LNER Cast Axleboxes) – £14
- PG.12B LNER 42T Diamond Freight Bogie (BR Welded Axleboxes) – £14
