009 Society RNAD flat wagon.

One of the great things about the 009 Society is the steadily growing range of wagon kits produced by the Society for its members. Of course you do need to be a member to buy one, but anyone modelling in 009 should be anyway!

This particular kit, the fourth produced by the Society, is of a type that were used in Royal Naval Armaments Depots, but the kits usefullness to modellers is mostly due to these wagons being sold to preservation societies.

My own two were started last year, I built them up but didn't get much further because I a) wasn't sure of the paint scheme and b) I don't care much for painting anyway. I built them according to the instructions, apart from adding a little shelf behind the bufferbeams for the couplers to attach to. A strip of lead (aquarium plant weight) sits under the floors for a little added weight. They went together very well, but there's a slight twist in the floor which I haven't managed to get rid off. Whether this will be a problem or not only time will tell.

I found an article about Dean Hill (an ex-RNAD depot) online, which used some similar wagons, so I then had a paint scheme to copy, all over black with yellow ends.

First job was to give them a squirt of white Hycote auto primer, followed by another squirt of Humbrol 69 gloss yellow. After giving them a couple of days for the paint to harden I masked off the yellow panels and finished them in Hycote matt black primer, again from a rattlecan. I would usually use a dirty weathered black but the wagons in the photo look very clean, so I left mine alone and finished off with several coats of Testors Dullcoat (they needed more than one coat to tone down the gloss yellow). The clean finish does mean that they make an interesting contrast with my other stock.

Couplings are Greenwich, fitted after painting.

And here they are with my Rushby's Resins battery loco;

I might yet build a couple more, some had one or two plank ends which would add a bit of variety.

Paul.