Misled how Simon? I don't think that I've seen your Coil J, is there any chance of pic'? One of the interesting things to me about building this rake are the differences in approach used when it came to expanding the fleet of wagons for carrying strip coil. The first conversions from Pig Iron wagons - the Coil H - was specialist and quite sophisticated with new bodywork, fixed hood and a complete new paintjob. The Coil C converted between 1964 and 1968 had moveable bolsters on baulks with pins for location: the Coil Js (and most of the other conversions from Highs, Palbricks, etc.) just got great big baulks of timber, crudely shaped and pinned together more or less any old how.
My rake - in case you're interested - will be 7 of the Coil Js, a
Coil C and a bogie strip coil and my Coil H. With a dedicated brake van that should fill a boxfile. The next problem, of course, is that I'm a bit short of suitable motive power: a type 3 is obvious but dad and I have but one between us. A 14 or a Western will have to do for the minute...
This is the Coil C version - there's some strapping and the pins to add. Oh, and the small matter of building the wagon.
Adam