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Hobby Boss 80337 148 MiG-17PFU Fresco E – Metro Hobbies

During the 1930s there was a program to fit the six wheel U vans with automatic couplers and as part of the process they were converted to four wheel underframes. In order to retain the capability of operation as luggage vans on passenger trains, sixty vans were rebuilt with bogie underframes utilising 6'0' wheelbase swing motion diamond frame bogies and coded UB. Lamp irons were added to the comers of the van as well as to the headstocks at each end, with provision made by the simple expedient of hammering the louvres flat in the general area. UB vans remained on diamond frame bogies until 1958-1960 when there was a program to change to bar frame bogies. A further change was made to transfer many of the UB vans to 40 ton cast steel bogies in 1973-1975. They were largely