N gauge wagon from General Steam Navigation society
FOLLOWING successful commissions in OO scale, the General Steam Navigation Locomotive Restoration Society is switching to N gauge for its latest model wagon.
The group, which is restoring ex-Barry Merchant Navy No. 35011 General Steam Navigation to original air-smoothed condition at the Swindon & Cricklade Railway, has commissioned an N-gauge gunpowder van from Dapol.
Like its previous OO-gauge 12ton box vans (now sold out) and ‘Conflat' wagon with container (virtually sold out), the gunpowder van is being jointly commissioned from Dapol by the GSNLRS and the Medway Queen Preservation Society, restorer of former General Steam Navigation shipping line paddle steamer Medway Queen.
Also like the previous models, the gunpowder van is available in blue or red, with the number 11 and lettered ‘General Steam Navigation, Blunsdon & Gillingham Pier', the latter being the locations of the two groups' respective bases. The gunpowder vans cost £11.90 each, with proceeds going towards the restorations of No. 35011 and Medway Queen.
Just three of the ‘Conflats', with red containers, were still in stock at the time of writing, at £16.95 each.
The models can be ordered from the online shop at www.35011gsn. co.uk