Southend Pier style Double ended railcar in 009

In 1949 Southend Pier replaced their ageing railcars with brand new AC Cars built rolling stock.  These consisted of four 7 car electric units. Bearing in mind that if a scale model in 009 of the pier railway were to be built it would be very long (1.25 miles scaled down is a very long way in 4mm scale), and very costly. This particular print is for those with shorter aspirations and is a single double ended power car, which could be run on its own. You will also see I have made available a separate power car and a trailer car print for those wishing to run a two, three, four, five, six or seven car set. The body is a shell only with a cut-out in the bottom that could take a KATO 11-109 or if it is needed to run it over curves, a KATO 11-106 shorty bogie chassis. The wheels are more or less hidden by the side vallance so only those dedicaterivet counters would notice. The size of the cut out is 63mm x 16mm.