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Dapol 4F-032-004

Rectangular Tank BR Weathered

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Prototype Era
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest

Manufacturer description

Rectangular tanks were a common sight in the latter part of the 19th century and up to the early 1930’s servicing Britain’s booming chemical industry and conveying tar by-products from the numerous municipal gas works found in every larger town and city. By the early 1930s metal forming technology had progressed to the point were accurate curved forms could be re-produced enabling cylindrical tanks to be produced, making the less efficient rectangular tank obsolete.

 

The Dapol model of the rectangular tank features:

 

•           Highly detailed body moulding

•           Profiled wheels

•           NEM pockets with self centring couplings

•           Accurately applied livery

Catalogue listing

Model details

The Dapol Rectangular Tank (model 4F-032-004) is an OO gauge carriage representing the British Railways Early Crest period. It is finished in a weathered BR plain black livery and is equipped with NEM or tension‑lock couplings. The model can negotiate a minimum radius of 1 and carries the standard NEM pockets.

Rectangular tanks were widely used from the late 19th century until the early 1930s, when advances in metal forming allowed cylindrical tanks to replace the less efficient rectangular design in the chemical and gas industries.

The model features highly detailed body moulding, profiled wheels, NEM pockets with self‑centering couplings and an accurately applied livery.