Kit 30 Gresley D113 Full Brake - Expected launch N Gauge Show in September 2008

The Gresley full brakes were introduced in 1924 and the later ones were still in revenue service in the mid 70s, and into the 80s in internal use. The design changed only slightly over the build period, mainly the bogies used and the type of trussing. The kit represents the later D113 builds from 1934 or the later D245/260 builds 1938-43.

These vehicles were used for a variety of traffic, including: as part of parcels trains; attached to normal passenger trains (and often attached and detached during the journey); and for racing pigeon traffic (some had additional fold-down racks on the inside for this). They could be seen well beyond LNER areas, particularly in BR days.

The kit will be complete with Gresley heavyweight 8ft bogies, wheels, rapido or buckeye couplings, and transfers for BR liveries (Crimson, Maroon, Blue). It is compatible with the Gresley coaches produced by Dapol.

In the late 1990s Railtrack converted 250 former tank wagons for use as open spoil carriers. They were painted in Railtrack’s green livery and coded PNA under TOPS.

44 of the conversions used chassis Gloucester pedestal suspension, and they were converted in three batches. The first 22 wagons were fitted with evenly spaced bodyside ribs, while the remaining 22 had a larger gap between the ribs above each axlebox.

The kit will be available as a twin pack and will enable one of each variant to be produced. It will incorporate plastic components for the body moulded in self coloured green, a one piece chassis in black, with wheel, couplers and specially commissioned transfers for the "Railtrack - Reneweing Your Railway" branding.