Dapol 4F-034-014 21t Hopper Sykes No:12 Weathered OO Gauge

Name: Dapol 4F-034-014 21t Hopper Sykes No:12 Weathered OO Gauge
Brand: Dapol

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--View our Shop\n--View our Feedback\n--Add to your Favourites\n--Ask us a QuestionProduct DetailsDapol 4F-034-014 21t Hopper Sykes No:12 Weathered OO Gauge\n\nDapol 4F-034-014 21t Hopper Sykes No:12 Weathered OO Gauge\n\nMEASUREMENTS\nLENGTH OVER BUFFER 82mm\nWIDTH 33mm\nHEIGHT\n\nThese model hopper wagons are typical of the later modified design of welded 21t hopper.\n\nFEATURES\nProfiled wheels\nComplete with load\nHighly detailed body, finely moulded\nNEM pockets with self-centring couplings\n\nOn nationalisation, the newly formed BR inherited a vast collection of rolling stock including wagons and hoppers designed to carry coal. As the national rebuild gained full force after the devastation of World War II, the demand for coal soared and BR decided to produce a standard coal hopper to help improve efficiency.\n\nThe variant finally chosen was based on a 1930s LNER design and was of an all steel construction. Over 23,000 of these were built between 1949 and 1958 and continued in.