972003 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER No.3175 Track 1:35 scale plastic model kit

1:35 scale plastic model kit from Takom

yellow and silver livery

Joining the Graham Farish range for the first time

8 pairs of 14mm super-quality wheelsets for 16

972003 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER No.3175 Track 1:35 scale plastic model kitDesigned 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