The Final Quick Project?

Difficult to confirm the brand of this assembled kit. From remnants of the coupling supports it looks like Cooper Craft but I could not find an example on the web. It is not Parkside because that one has a little more detail.

It is a twenty four and a half ton mineral wagon.

Any way, it was another broken model stored away for decades brought out for repair.

One tie bar was severed mid way along its length and half of the other one was missing. Couplings and three buffer discs also missing.

I noticed in prototype photos that door stops, either one per door or two per door were fitted. None were on this model and no evidence of provision for them either.

Out with the 3D printer again to make the missing parts, including door stops. The couplings are proprietary. I did not have sufficient NEM sockets in stock so these were designed and printed too but they are somewhat bulkier than proprietary parts.

The wagon was repainted, decals applied (designed and printed on sticky back paper) and a weight fixed inside.

The coal load was made as follows. The base is a thick piece of balsa wood shaped with a slight curved top. A lump of Neodymium magnet was glued in a recess carved in the top to facilitate removal of the load with a steel tool. The top was painted black. Next, a layer of neat PVA glue was applied to the top and real coal dust sprinkled over. This was covered with a 50/50 water/PVA mix and real coal lumps sprinkled over repeating a second time to cover the centre part to look heaped.