Three Bars or Four?

You may remember that back in June I designed and 3D printed some small 3 bar slab wagons. These were reasonably well received albeit with some helpful suggestions. When I ordered the Aberllefenni box wagons I also updated the 3 bar slab wagon and printed another set as well as a 4 bar variant. I got side tracked by building Canopus though and so have only just got around to assembling and painting these.

It's difficult to tell from a photo but I do think the 3 bar version looks much better now that I've extended the bars slightly; it really is a very small change but it gives a much better balanced model. The 4 bar variant is of a similar size although it includes some extra details taken from a number of prototype photos etc, again these are kind of difficult to see in the photo. As usual, both are now available via Penistone Railway Works (3 bar, 4 bar) should you fancy a few.