Dreadnought stock (GWR)

The GWR had a loading gauge advantage over other companies, as the original infrastructure was designed for broad gauge dimensions. This bit of extra space allowed some very useful design freedom and the 1904 Dreadnought stock, with it's impressive 70 foot underframe, had a body width of 9 feet 6 inches when most other companies were limited to nine feet or less.

The illustration to the right shows Dreadnought stock, where the entrance doors to the end vestibules are inset to recess their grab & door handles.  This pre-dated the compartment door arrangement used on the later Concertina stock.  

As with the Bristolian diagrams, the couplings, steam & vacuum pipes, buffers, grab & door handles, jumper cables and corridor connections are available, but are listed separately for the benefit of scratchbuilders.  Transfers and destination boards for other routes can also be ordered and accessories like passengers, partitions, luggage and overhead racks etc, can be found in the interiors section.

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H8 Dining Saloon 1924 - 7mm - £90
End overlays are now available for the ornately carved dining saloon benches and they include decorated brass supports with mesh hat racks above.

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H8 Dining Saloon 1904 - 7mm - £90
The lower panel joins on early diners were covered with vertical beading 

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D42 brake third -  4mm - £44.50   7mm - £90

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C24 third -  4mm - £44.50   7mm - £90

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E77 composite -  4mm - £44.50   7mm - £90

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Corridor compartment sides etch - 7mm - £20
Each diagram has a different compartment side arrangement, so just one example is pictured here.  The window glazing can be omitted , but all the doors, and their furniture are included.

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Underframe kit - 7mm - £22.50
​These do need a separate underframe etch, because with such large carriages, there isn't enough room on the film for them.  There are also separately available etches for battery boxes and brake gear clevises and cranks.

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