Columbia Models NOFF to Shunter’s Truck

The kitbash of the NOFF from ore wagon to shunter’s truck is reasonably straightforward. However, it does have a couple of assemblies that need to be built from brass wire, not to mention the removal of a couple of side panels.

Firstly you will need to choose which particular wagon you are going to model, as they all had the openings cut out of the sides in different positions (refer diagram and online photos). Furthermore, if modelling 70029, one side of the opening was not cut out against the vertical bracing, 2mm of the section to be removed needs to be retained towards the centre of the wagon in this case. Again, refer to photos and the drawings and take note of where the removed section is on each