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Cooper Craft
H A Models We are a husband and wife team who
in October 2005 decided to set up an internet and
mail order Company. Our aim is to supply a good
range of coach and wagon kits to the railway
modeller at competitive prices. Based in Higham
Ferrers, Northamptonshire we currently stock
Parkside Dundas, Cooper Craft, Rodney Stenning,
Cambrian, Mailcoach Ian Kirk. We also stock a
range of Precision Paints and Model Master
decals for Parkside and Cambrian wagon kits.
Please contact us for availability. Although
this catalogue is for O gauge, we also stock
OO9, OO and N gauge wagon kits. If there
is wagon kit you are interested in and is not
shown in this catalogue, please let us know. If
we can supply, we will provide you with
availability and price. Thank you for your
interest in H A Models. Harry Andrea Chapman
3011 G.W.R 04 Five Plank Wagon
3014 G.W.R. Loco Coal Wagon
3016 GWR Single Plank Match Truck
3012 G.W.R C2 Seven Plank Wagon
3015 G.W.R. Re-Built Three Plank Open Wagon
3013 G.W.R. 05 Four Plank Wagon
Wheels Accessories
PS51 Parkside Dundas Sprung buffers RCH Style
(parts for 4 buffers) includes
extra parts for end door wagons PS77 - Parkside
Dundas Sprung Wagon Buffers 20½ (parts for 4
buffers) G700 - 8 Plain Spoke Wagon Wheels
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PS103 Southern Railway 25 Ton Goods Brake
Van Construction of this type began in 1929 and
building continued until 1933. Not fitted with
vacuum brakes these vans tended to operate on
local and slow goods trains. After
Nationalisation they migrated throughout the BR
system and from the 1960s some joined the Civil
Engineers fleet. Withdrawal from revenue
earning service had occurred by the early
1970s. Transfers for SR and BR livery periods
PS01 NBR Jubilee Mineral Wagon A classic late
Victorian design (1887) widely used in Scotland
until the Second World War Period. Built for
private owners and the NBR. More widely
travelled under LNER ownership. Transfers for NBR
LNER
PS02 NBR 8 Ton Goods Van Dating from the 1893
to 1903, some survived until nationalisation.
Intended for general goods traffic however may be
found in many place away from NBR metals.
Outside framing of the sides makes them similar
to several of the pre 1923 companies
design. Transfers for NBR LNER
PS104 BR 21 Ton Hopper 16,800 of these wagons
were built between 1952 and 1958. They were
widely used for power station and industrial coal
and also for shipment and domestic coal In their
native North East England. Roller bearing
axleboxes were applied to some wagons from the
1960s. Common well into the 1980s. Our kit
has a choice of oil and roller bearing
axleboxes. Transfers for 1950s, 60s and TOPS
livery periods.
PS03 LNER RCG Pattern 7 Plank Mineral
Wagon Design specified under the sponsorship of
the Railway Clearing House as the standard type
of medium capacity coal wagon. Dates from 1923
with oil lubricated axle boxes instead of grease.
Owned in great numbers by collieries and coal
merchants, seen until the early 1960s. Transfers
for LNER BR 1950s.
PS105 GWR Horse Box 300 of these were built in
the 1920s with many lasting into the 1950s and
60s. Seen throughout Britain carrying horses to
racecourses and stables. Invariably marshalled
in passenger or parcel trains.
PS04 LNER 12 Ton Goods Wagon This design used
by the LNER for its first decade. The prototype
had a wooden chassis, unusual for vans by this
time. Vans of this type were in evidence into
the early 1960s, when the cull of wooden chassis
merchandise vehicles took place. Transfers for
LNER BR 1950s.
PS106 LNER Cattle Truck-Vac Brake Fitted Some of
the earlier 9ft. wheelbase trucks which had the
vacuum brake fitted were converted to 10ft.
wheelbase and by 1937 new construction resumed
with a batch of 10ft. wheelbase vacuum fitted
trucks. Wooden chassis was retained. The cattle
trade by rail began to decline between the wars.
Many of these wagons lasted until around 1960.
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PS49 GWR Mica Insulated Van In 1929, 54 of
these vans were built to carry meat in chilled
conditions. This was achieved by filling hoppers
inside with Drikeld solid carbon dioxide
through characteristic roof vents. They lasted
into the 1960s however because of changes in the
meat trade several were converted into Tevans in
1938. Transfers for two GWR and BR livery
periods.
PS05 NLER Standard Cattle Truck The LNER built
915 of these wagons in the 1920s. Non vacuum
braked version with Morton brakes. Full inside
detailing including floor slats and roof ribs as
well as the movable internal partition. Hand
braked wagons were scrapped by 1950 the vacuum
brakes wagons latest through the 1950s Transfers
for LNER
PS100 Southern Railway Banana Van 200 of these
vans were built in 1935 and lasted into the
1960s. They were not confined to Southern
territories as bananas were enjoyed throughout
Britain, with depots at all the main centres.
Because bananas were imported at a number of
ports around the coast, banana vans might be
lent to other companies when they could be
spared. Transfers for SR and BR livery periods
PS06 NBR 4 Plank Open Goods Wagon Built from
1908 until 1916, one example ran until 1949. All
types of merchandise would be carried in such
wagons. Can be used as base for producing the 4
plan drop side and fixed side versions of this
design. Transfers for NBR LNER
PS07 LNS 12 Ton Van One of the first goods van
designs used by the LMS, which built over 2,500
in 1924-1926. Design is basically Midland
Railway and has a steel chassis with a 9 foot
wheel base. Seen until the early
1960s. Transfers for LMS and BR
PS101 Southern Railway Meat Van The Southern
Railway built 100 of these vans between 1931 and
1934 to carry fresh meat, mainly from the West
Country to the principal Markets in London and
the Midlands. They lasted into the 1960s,
although soma vans were used for general goods
traffic in later years. Unusual with sliding
door and three types of ventilator (roof, end and
side panel). Transfers for SR and BR livery
periods
PS08 LMS Beer Van Built in 1929, 100 of this
type had slatted sides and ends to keep their
cargo cool. Mostly on the great brewery complex
at Burton on Trent and known to have worked
between there and St Pancras. Examples lasted
into the early 1960s. Transfers for LMS and BR
PS102 BR 12 Ton Insulated Fish Van This well
known vehicle stemmed from the final LNER fish
van design. BR built over 1,000 of them. At
first they had oil axle boxes, but for log
distance work many were given roller bearings.
The blue spot identified these vans and gave them
their nickname. After fish service many were
converted to Parcels Vans (SPV) and lasted into
the 1980s. This kit allows both oil and roller
bearing axlebox versions to be built. Transfers
for BR livery
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PS09 LMS Ventilated 12 Ton Van 3,450 of these
were built by LMS at their Wolverton Works in
1929-1931 with four torpedo roof ventilators and
two bonnet end vents. An example of corrugated
steel ends being used in can construction. Transfe
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PS45 LNER 12 Ton Goods Van 2,167 of these vans
were built in the middle 1930s for general goods
traffic. Unusual for 10 ft wheel base vehicles
they still retained wooden chassis. Originally
non pool they had to be returned to the LNER
system however by 1937 this restriction no longer
applied and they were used throughout Britain,
lasting into the middle 1960s. Transfers for
both LNER and BR are included
PS10 LMS 12 Ton Ventilated Van The LMS had
1,000 steel bodies vans built 1929-1930 by
various contractors with difference in door and
headstock detail. This kit represents the 150
built by Charles Roberts. Transfers for LMS and
BR into the early 1960s
PS46 LNER 12 Ton Goods Fruit Van 500 of these
were built in the middle 1930s for the LNERs
substantial fruit traffic. This originated in
East Anglia however ports such as Harwich, Hull
and Leith were also important. Outside the fruit
season, they might also be used for general
traffic. Most lasted into the middle
1960s Transfers for both LNER and BR are included
PS11 LNER 12 Ton 6 Plank Open Wagon LNER
standard wagon for its first decade. Design
originated from the Great Northern Railway
building 100 before the grouping. The LNER
continued production at Doncaster as well as
Darlington. Model represents one of the
Doncaster built wagons. Transfers for LNER and BR
1950s
PS47 GWR 20 Ton Loco Coal Wagon In 1934-35 200
of the Felix Pole wagons (see PS41) were
converted to carry locomotive coal to engine
sheds on the GWR system by the addition of extra
side doors. In the 1950s they joined the
general coal fleet. Transfers for GWR and BR
periods.
PS12 Southern Railway 12 Ton 8 Plank Goods
Wagon This type of wagon had been used by both
SECR and LSWR lined for merchandise traffic.
Several variations were built but this model
represents the 3.000 built to diagram 1379 in
1926-1928, Withdrawn from service in the early
1960s. Transfers for SR and BR
PS48 GWR Tevan Goods Van These vans were
converted from Mica Insulated Vans (X9) in 1938
(see PS49). They carried tea and coffee from
Lyons depot at Greenford and continued to do so
into the 1960s. The zinc lined body was
especially useful in keeping the tea and coffee
free from contamination. Transfers fro GWR and BR
livery periods
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PS13 Southern Railway 12 Ton Goods Van Using
the Southern Railway elliptical roof this kit
represents 450 unfitted cans built from
1929-1931. Fitted examples were also built using
the Southerns own pattern of clasp brakes.
These vans lasted into the 1960s with a number
living on in the departmental fleets. Transfers
for SR and BR
PS41 GWR 20 Ton Felix Pole Coal Wagon Almost
1,000 of these high capacity wagons were built in
the 1920s for Welsh coal traffic. Rerates to a
21 ton capacity during the Second World War, they
were in traffic until the 1960s. Transfers for
GWR and BR periods and also for NORTHS
NAVIGATION COLLIERIES.
PS14 BR Grampus Ballast Wagon Over 4,00 of
these were built from 1951 to 1959 and some are
still in service. Mainly used for carrying
ballast or engineers materials such as sleepers
and other track parts. The prototype sides
folded down to make discharge easy, the ends
could also be removed. The transfer sheet and
etched brass plaques enables the model to be
identified to any of the six BR
Regions. Transfers for early and post TOPS BR
PS42 LMS 12 Ton Open Goods Wagon 8,500 of this
type were built in the 1920s for carrying
general goods traffic. The design is derived
from Midland Railway practise but features a
steel chassis. These were classified as common
user wagons and journeyed well off the LMS
system. Many lasted into the 1960s. Transfers
for early and later LMS and BR
PS15 BR 21 Ton Mineral Wagon BR built 1,500 of
this design in 1950 1951. The idea of high
capacity wagons (tried in 1923) was still before
its time. Although used for domestic coal they
were mainly used for carrying coal to powers
stations and large works and many lasted into the
early 1980s Transfers for early and post TOPS BR
PS43 GWR Container Wagon As per PS39 without B
container
PS44 GWR 20 Ton Goods Brake Van 221 of these
vans were built between 1927 and 1931. Developed
from earlier designs particularly the AA15 of
1918, this was the first diagram to use standard
RCH fittings. Although used throughout the GWR
system and later the Western Region of BR, they
were not often such outside Western territory.
Examples lasted in traffic until the late
1960s. Transfers for both GWR livery periods as
well as BR
PS16 LNER Loco Coal Wagon Originally designed
for 20 tons but uprated to 21 tons during the War
this wagon dates from the 1930s. The cupboard
style doors being particularly useful at manual
coaling stations. These wagons continued as part
of the general fleet until withdrawal in the late
1960s. Transfers for LNER and BR
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PS17 BR 12 Ton Pipe Wagon Designed to carry the
heavy cast iron or steel pipes for water and
drainage works throughout BR, however with its
decline in the last 1960s there wagons also
carried general merchandise loads such as
pallets, paper bales and large packing cases.
830 wagons were built to this diagram and this
model represents a lot of 350 built in 1955.
Withdrawals took place in the late 1970s and
early 1980s. Transfers for early and post TOPS BR
P37 LNER / BR 10 Ton Insulated Fish Van After
the Second World War more fish already chilled
with ice was being landed and the newly
nationalised railway system responded by
providing insulated fish vans. In this case many
of the successful LNER pre war design were given
insulted bodies, with double recessed doors.
These lasted into the middle 1960s. Transfers
for BR livery
PS18 LMS Meat Van 400 of these vans were built
at Wolverton in 1927 and 1930 to carry fresh
meat. They would normally run in express freight
trains however they were also fitted with through
steam heating pipes and therefore could also be
marshalled within passenger trains. Still seen
until around 1960. Transfers for LMS and BR
PS38 BR Sand Wagon A fleet of specialist wagons
for industrial and building sand were constructed
in the early 1950s. They were designed for
emptying by tippler or grab. Some lasted in
traffic until the middle 1970s, while others
transferred into the Civil Engineers service got
into the 1980s. Transfers for BR 1950s and
1960/70s
PS39 GWR Container Wagon with B Container This
was the standard GWR container wagon (CONFLAT)
from 1933 to 1939 and was the direct antecedent
of the BR design. This type of container was
used for bicycles and was later grouped with the
externally similar K1 general merchandise
containers and lasted well into the 1950s. Wagon
transfers for GWR pre and post 1936 and BR from
1948 and 1963. Container transfers for GWR and
BR periods.
PS19 LNER (All Welded) BR (Part Welded) 20
Ton Plate Wagon Introduced in 1940 this all
welded design was adopted by LMS, however as they
were delivered after nationalisation they became
strictly BR wagons. Although ¼ higher and with
LMS axle boxes there were otherwise identical.
BR used the same design but this time with
riveted ends. Uprated to 22 tone by BR there
were withdrawn in the 1970s and early
1980s. Transfers for LNER and BR 1950s and
1960s/1970s
PS20 LNER/LMS/BR 21 Ton Double Bolster Wagon A
development of the standard LNER plate wagon
design, two bolsters are removable and thus this
wagon can revert to a plate. The LNER built
1,050 from 1943. The LMS ordered 1.050 from 1945
and a final 100 to LNER in 1949. BR built two
batches in 1949 (LNER and LMS designs). In the
1950s many lost their bolsters although some
lasted until about 1970. Transfers for LER, LMS
and BR 1950s and 1960s/70s
PS40 LMS 20 Ton Goods Brake Van Developed from
a Midland Railway design, 950 of these vans were
built between 1927 and 1931. After
Nationalisation their use spread to other areas
of BR, particularly ex LNER lines. By the 1950s
they were commonly seen on local trip and branch
lines freights. In the 1960s some were
transferred to the Civil Engineers fleet, where
a few lasted into the 1990s. Withdrawal from
ordinary traffic had taken place by the early
1970s. Transfers for early and late LMS periods
and post 1948 BR
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PS33 Ex Private Owner 13 Ton Mineral
Wagon During the 1930s a number of standard
wooden bodies mineral wagons were built using
steel chassis for collieries and merchants.
These came under Government control in 1939 and
were later allocated to the NCB, who sold most of
them of them to the fledgling British Railways,
where they lasted well into the 1960s. Transfers
for BR
PS21 BR 21 Ton Trestle Wagon This wagon carried
steel plates at an angle of 45 degrees supported
on trestles. BR converted a number of surplus
Double Bolster Wagons (kit PS20) in the early
1950s for this traffic. These stayed in service
into the 1970s. This kit contains securing
chains and shackles. Transfers for BR 1950s and
1960s/70s
PS22 LNER LMS (riveted) 20Ton Plate
Wagon Standard LNER plate wagon of 1937. Almost
1,000 were built before the change to welded
construction from 1940 (kit PS19). The LMS also
adopted the riveted design in 1944 for a batch of
250 before going for welded construction.
Withdrawn in the late 1960s and
1970s. Transfers for LNER, LMS and BR 1950s and
1960s/70s
PS34 GWR 12 Ton Motor Car Van Between 1933 and
1936 the GWR built 350 of these vans to convey
motor cars on goods train services from such
centres as Morris Cowley. Their telegraphic code
was MOGO. Based on the then standard V23 goods
van with side doors, they could also be used for
ordinary goods traffic. Withdrawal took place in
the 1960s. Transfers for three GWR and two BR
livery periods
PS35 GWR 12 Ton Motor Car Van More motor car
vans similar to Diagram G31 above were built in
1946 and 1947. This time the body was of plywood
following the style of the current standard goods
van V36. They lasted into the late
1960s. Transfers for one GWR and two BR livery
periods.
PS23 GWR 13 Ton Open Goods Wagon Almost 2,000
of these wagons were put into traffic between
1924 and 1929. One of the first produced by the
GWR using Railway Clearing House specification
brake gear. Many survived until the early 1960s.
PS36 LNER 10 Ton Fish Van In 1938-39 the LNER
built almost 2,000 fish vans of this design.
With a 12 ft wheel base they were well suited to
fast transits, whether in dedicated fish trains
or as part of a passenger train formation (for
which they were fitted with through steam heating
pipes). The LNER carried a huge traffic in fish
and these vans might be seen on many parts of the
railway system. They lasted into the middle
1960s. Transfers for LNER and BR periods
PS24 GWR 12 Ton Covered Goods Van 950 built
between 1929 and 1933, this was one of the final
designs to have a 9 foot wheel base. Withdrawn
in the early 1960s. GWR transfers for both
before and after 1936 as well as early BR style
are supplied in these kits.
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PS29 GWR 12 Ton Fruit Van 200 of these vans
were built in 1937/38 to carry Guernsey tomato
traffic to destinations throughout Britain. They
were also used for other GWR fruit and vegetable
traffic. The fleet was well used and lasted into
the early 1970s. In their latter days they also
might be used for general merchandise outside the
fruit season. Transfers cover one GWR and two BR
livery periods.
PS25 24.5 Ton Mineral Wagon 2,150 of this
design were built in 1953-1956. They were used
to carry coal to large industrial users such as
steel works and power stations as well as certain
of BRs own engine sheds. In later years some
were used for carrying infill traffic before
final withdrawal in 1982. Transfers for 1950s
and 1960/70s periods included
PS26 GWR 12 Ton Covered Goods Wagon Diagram V24
hand brake only were built between 1933 and
1943, most of these were to receive vacuum brakes
in BR days. Diagram V23 with vacuum brakes were
built from 1933 to 1941. Diagram V26, known as
PARTO, was a V23 with internal partitions to
segregate loads and built between 1935 and 1939.
Many lasted to the early 1970s. Transfers for
all thee diagrams and for two GWR and two BR
livery periods
PS30 BR 16 Ton Mineral Wagon This was the
definitive BR standard mineral wagon produced in
vast quantities during the 1950s and used well
into the 1980s. They carried coal, scrap metal
and many other mineral traffics throughout the BR
system. Extra parts are provided with the lit to
give options of Instanter couplings and also
double brake gear. Transfers for 1950s, 1960s,
and TOPS style lettering are provided
PS31 BR ex MOWT 16 Ton Mineral Wagon This
design with its characteristic sloping sides
evolved from pre 1939 private owner wagons by
Chas. Roberts and Coy. 2,500 were shipped to
France after liberation and of these 1,900 were
returned to BR in the early 1950s. The rest
stayed in France as ballast wagons. BR had a
fleet of around 10,000 of which 2,300 were ex
private owner wagons. Withdrawal took place in
the middle 1960s. Transfers for 1950s and
1960s periods included
PS27 GWR 12/13 Ton Open Goods Wagon Between
1933 and 1940 the GWR built over 10,000 unfitted
open goods wagons to diagram 032, with a further
948 with the vacuum brake and tarpaulin rails.
These were diagram 033. BR modified many f the
032 wagons by fitting vacuum brakes. Most of
these wagons lasted into the 1970s. Transfers
cover these variations and two GWR and two BR
livery periods
PS32 BR 16 Ton Mineral Wagon 6,000 of these
wagons were built at the close of the Second
World War especially for service on the French
Railway system. Unlike British mineral wagons
they had no end doors and their side doors were
of he cup board type more in line with
continental practice. They were returned to work
on the BR from 1950 until the middle
1960s. Transfers for 1950s and 1960s periods
are provided.
PS28 GWR 12 Ton Covered Goods Van At the end of
the last way a shortage of planking causes a
switch to plywood body construction. 750 V36
vans were built with vacuum brakes between 1945
and 1947. A further 350 with only hand brakes
were produced thereafter to diagram V37. These
received vacuum brake gear from BR. They lasted
into the early 1970s. Transfers cover both
diagrams for one GWR and two BR livery periods.
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