Shunters Truck from Osbornes

[RST]

I was going to mention the TMC one but from what I can tell the TMC one just looks like a conflat with (albeit) very neatly applied paint.  Not worth the extra money IMO though undoubtedly there's a small market for them.

[daveg]

I got one from TMC because quite frankly I didn't know better, even after making my usual 'check' by looking it up on wiki. 

Dave G

[ParkeNd]

I looked at this thread because the OO gauge GWR shunting wagon looks like a good wagon to have. But the Osborns model looks squashed and featureless by comparison. More like an accurate model of what someone might lash up in the early stages of rescuing an old bit of abandoned railway line. SVR early founder members filmed themselves drifting downhill on such a vehicle.

[MKP]

squashed and featureless by comparison.

could be the angle of the picture

[PLD]

I was going to mention the TMC one but from what I can tell the TMC one just looks like a conflat

Which is EXACTLY what it is - which is good because that's just what many of the prototype runner trucks were! As I said yesterday a different type of wagon to the shunters truck from a different era for a different purpose...

Strictly speaking those are BR 1960s-80s era 'runner' wagons as used in various locations with 03 and 04 loco because they were getting lost by track circuits due to their short wheelbase (and are simply conflats exactly as per the prototype) whereas the 'shunters truck' as per the Osbornes model is a GWR 1910s-40s vehicle intended for the shunter to ride on and carry his equipment.

[EtchedPixels]

I was going to mention the TMC one but from what I can tell the TMC one just looks like a conflat

Which is EXACTLY what it is - which is good because that's just what many of the prototype runner trucks were!

Not quite the right conflat though - but if you care then N Brass do a conversion kit.