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Between 1952 and 1954 BR built 250 insulated and 150 fresh (ventilated) meat vans. The use for fresh meat appears to have ended during the early 1960s however the insulated vans continued in use into the 1970s. Although both rare and specialised in the late 1950s Airfix made a very good 4mm kit for the fresh meat van so every model layout had one!