The following Mogos and short wheelbase Fish- and Fruit vans can be made from the conversions described below (see the next page for larger fish-and fruit vans).

S2 Fish Van
An article appeared in the N Gauge Journal (issued as a Souvenir for the 30th Anniversary Exhibition at Bletchley) by Stuart Brasier and featured a method of building an S2 Fish Van. The method used by Stuart uses fewer parts from other kits, but I will describe my way by using the parts acquired during the course of building the Minks previously described.

For this conversion you need the ends from a Peco Cattle van, the outer side panels from a Peco Mink, the doors from a Society Mink 'C', a 9ft steel chassis and 4 shell vents for the roof. [See Previous Page for illustration on how to assemble the sides, Ed]. On the ends, the top three planks in between the uprights must be scored deeper to represent the extra ventilation fitted.

End detail of S2 (Fish Van)

Y4 Fruit Van
These vans were originally built to diagram V16 and were converted to X6 Meat Vans in 1918 by adding an insulating layer inside the vans. They only lasted a couple of years like this as by 1922 they were being converted back to ordinary V16s. Eventually somebody twigged that insulated vans could also keep things hot as well as cold, and a program of converting them to Fruit vans was begun. A central louvre and a shutter were fitted each end along with vacuum brakes and steam heating apparatus to keep Bananas in prime condition.

This conversion uses the end and outer side panels from a Peco Mink, Society Mink 'C' doors and a 9ft chassis. [See Previous Page for illustration on how to assemble the sides, Ed]. A central louvred panel must be added to the ends but to simplify things, a hollow square of 5 or 10thou plasticard, fitted between the uprights, will portray the panel extremely well, in the shut position. The planks of the van end seen inside the hollow square will now be the planks of the shutter.

End detail of Y4 Fruit Van

Y12 Fruit Van
This diagram of Fruit Van is harder to do than the previous Y4 variant, but is only slightly different in it's construction. The only difference is that the twin bonnet type ventilators of the Peco Mink end- panel are removed carefully, and the planks scribed in their place. Once again there is the central louvred panel fitted, easily done, with the hollow square of 5 or 10 thou plasticard.

G31 Mogo Car Van
Long before the advent of bulk motor vehicle transport wagons like Cartics, Autics and the old coach underframes, there were other wagons designed specifically for the carriage of Automobiles. These were, in the names given by the Great Western Railway, the Damo, Asmo and in this particular instance, the Mogo.

The Mogos are a simple conversion of the Peco Mink from the box, as the sides are correct before we start. The end panels were fitted with two vertically planked doors, a small two-plank fold down flap and a small ventilator in the centre, high up.

To do this, it is necessary to completely clean the end panel, of all details, with a file and some wet & dry paper. You next make the end-doors from 10thou-scribed plasticard and cement them on carefully. There should be a double plank drop down flap underneath the large doors and a small triangular fillet of plastic for the vent above. The drawing shows what is needed for the ends and how the scribing of the planks should look.

End detail of G31 and G43 (Mogo)

G43 Mogo Car Van
These vans were identical to the G31s except that the sides were constructed from Plywood; the ends were the same as the G31s in that they were planked, so the same method applies here as with the V36 diagram Minks.