Accurascale have revealed production samples for their new batch of OO Gauge CDA china clay hopper wagons in ECC International liveries!
This new batch of the popular CDA china clay hoppers focussing on their original introduction in 1987 and into the early privatisation era when they were used by EWS and DB Cargo.
Production has now completed and the wagons are due to sail to the UK imminently. We expect these to arrive in stock during January 2025.
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Product Features
Highly-detailed OO gauge model, 1:76.2 scale on 16.5mm track
Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
Weight 40g - includes Die-cast chassis for ideal weight
Detailed interior with rivets, framing, strapping and accurately profiled door 'horns'
RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels with separate brake blocks in line with tread
Sprung metal buffers and dummy instanter couplings
Super fine plastic parts, incl. air pipes, lamp irons, safety catches, clasp and disc brakes, hopper door operating equipment, etc.
Etched metal details, incl. brake lever, chassis plates, etc.
Removable, Kinetic NEM coupler mounts at correct height with mini-tension-lock couplers provided with scale Instanters included
Numerous individual differences between wagon types
Two styles of hopper door: 'X' pattern on coal variants and 'straight beam' pattern on CDA
Heavy duty buffers
CDA correctly features large end air cylinder and above solebar mounted brake distributor, end ventilator boxes, highly detailed roof with textured canvas cover and chassis mounted operating handles
Prototype Information
British Rail built a fleet of HAA hopper wagons in the 1960s and 1970s which were designed to deliver coal to power stations without having to stop to load or unload. A small fleet of CDA wagons were built to a similar design of the earlier HAA merry-go-round stock for use on china clay traffic in the south-west of England. These new wagons were to displace the aging fleet of wooden 'Clayhood' wagons and featured a rolling roof to protect the material inside. A later batch was produced which were converted from existing redundant HAA wagons. Some of these wagons can still be seen in use today.