OK, it's not actually a warehouse, but you can store coal in it.
Spotting this 16t mineral wagon at Rothley station, I was taken by how battered the thing is. Sides bowing outwards, and the section above the end door being distinctly wobbly.
Even with the somewhat over-restored paint job*, this is a wagon that has seen a lot of life. Trying to model all the dents and dings would be a nightmare, and incredibly difficult to get looking right. I've seen people's attempts to miniaturise the wobbly sides of a diesel locomotive, and that looks odd to my eye.
Maybe some things simply can't be modelled?
*no criticism intended for the excellent work of the Great Central Windcutter team. People restoring the rolling stock that actually made the railways work.
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It is indeed an excellent paint job, but it does seem a little odd on a wagon that has clearly “had a life” — when you would expect to see mostly rust! No doubt the “Windcutter Team” already know that as a vacuum brake-fitted 16T mineral wagon, it should have been painted in BR Freight Stock Brown (“Bauxite”) in service. But this would have spoilt the representation of the unfitted “Windcutter” trains on the GCR.
I read that holding a hot soldering iron nearish can create bulges. I haven’t the courage to!
One day I've promised myself, I'll give it a go. Deep breath...
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