I have to admit I quite like the private livery wagons & loco's that Hornby, Lima etc. made / make. They add a bit of colour to our sons layout.
Some examples I particularly like are :-
Duracell Battery
Weetabix
Stork
S J Moreland & Sons open 6 plank
Kellogg's
Red Arrows Box van
McVities
Tizer
Castrol Motor oils 12T tanker
Mighty White Softgrain Bread
and the R216 Prime Pork Closed Van
The question is were did the design for the R216 come from ? It looks, from the example my son ha, s to represent a 'Middle White' pig which despite now being a 'rare breed' was quite common as what you might call a 'back yard pig' some years ago.
Can anyone supply any more information please ?