The horseboxes represented by this kit cover the twelve vehicles built for the Cambrian Railways in 1893 by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Company.
Some details can be found in the book “The Cambrian Railways” by R.Christiansen & R.Miller. British Railway Modelling magazine for July 1999 has an article on liveries carried by Cambrian Railways rolling stock.
The running numbers of the horseboxes were 216 – 227, but no. 225 was destroyed in an accident near Abermule in 1907. None of the remaining vehicles was re-numbered by the Great Western Railway following grouping in 1923, and they were all scrapped between 1922 and 1924.
The MSC Models Kit
The MSC Models kit enables a vehicle to be built using brakegear typical of brakegear fitted to most horseboxes of this type as the General Arrangement drawing of this particular vehicle gives no specific details.
The roof in this kit requires bending to shape.
Wheels have not been provided in the kit as there are a number of different standards available in O Gauge. Slaters Plastikard Ltd 3' 7" Mansell disc wheels are suitable.