972004 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER No.29538 Condition_New ITEM NUMBER 7L-003-005

ITEM NUMBER 7L-003-005

50 x Red Flower Tufts

All of this is finished with a high-fidelity livery application

A movable main rotor that gives the model a dynamic touch

972004 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER No.29538 Condition_New ITEM NUMBER 7L-003-005Designed to replace the ageing 8 ton and 9 ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5 plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10 ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the companys wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the