DIE-CAST UPGRADES
Aug 11, 2022
4 minutes
Words & photography: Phil Parker
Trains are great. Criss-crossing the country, they transport bulk loads with wonderful efficiency, until the last mile or so. Once freight gets to the railhead, there’s no option but to use road transport for the final delivery.
We might love trains, but layouts with post horse-drawn vehicles also need lorries. Lorries need loads.
Model lorries are readily available, but it’s rare to find one supplied with a load. Those that are tend to be low-loaders hauling something interesting, though unusual. We need a selection of mundane loads. The sort of things that you’d see every day on the roads.
Handily, the techniques we use for loading railway wagons can be adapted
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