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Welcome
to Brassmasters,
manufacturers of high quality model railway kits and accessories in 4mm scale

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The latest wagon subframe kit is for the 9ft wheelbase 1923 steel underframe with Morton
brakegear (ref R064). These were used on LMS 12T Vans (Ratio & Steel sided Cambrian
Kit vans), SR 7-plank opens, GWR Loco coal and 5-plank opens and 12T
vans and LNER early 12T vans built by outside contractors.
Three new Meon resin wagon bodies are now
available - the late pattern Midland Railway D299 (with side straps), and the Glass
Houghton Collieries wagon (very wide planks).and a Stephenson Clarke
6-plank.
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21/09/25 - Scaleforum.....
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30/06/25 - Martin Finney kits.....
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30/09/24 -
Ivatt 2MT chassis kit.....
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15/08/24 -
More J17 variants and Coronation update......
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For earlier posts -
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Recent releases |
Recent releases |
Austerity/LNER J94 0-6-0ST kit |

GER J16/J17 0-6-0 kit |

GWR 3150 2-6-2T. This
is a completely new kit to the highest possible standards. It represents the engines as rebuilt from 1919 onwards, with larger
(deeper) bunkers, longer smokeboxes and superheated boilers. |

This kit produces
a complete finescale chassis in either EM or P4 for the Dapol
GWR 43/53/63xx
2-6-0 model first released in late 2020. It only requires a locomotive
body and a tender (which are available as spares) and not a complete Dapol locomotive. |
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Produced for
us by Andy Vincent of Meon Valley Models, these are the best 4mm scale
3D-printed wagons that we have ever seen. They even have
"readable" lettering on the axlebox covers!
The bodies have full interior detail on sides and floor and are designed to fit onto our
etched brass
sprung wagon
underframes;
axleboxes and buffers are included.
There are
14
types for Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon opens, in
either 15ft, 16ft or 16ft 6in body lengths with side or end doors, inside strapping and
with either 4, 5, 6 or 7 planks. Two Charles Roberts 16ft, two RCH 1923
7-plank and two RCH 1923 8-plank wagons
and Midland Railway D299 and D351 opens are now available.
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Finescale
chassis for the Bachmann LMS Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 |
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RCH 1923 Morton braked 9ft
wooden solebar sub-frame. It is designed
to fit under Slaters, Cambrian and Parkside wagons and includes
finely detailed
single-sided brakes activated from both sides.
Other easy-to-assemble
sprung sub-frames for the RCH
1907, RCH 1923 and Gloucester 9ft wheelbase Private Owner wagons
and RCH 1932 10ft
Morton braked steel or wooden underframe wagons are also available. All
types
incorporate springing as standard. |
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3-link couplings |
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We have sourced some very fine,
pre-blackened chain
which can be paired with our coupling hook etches to produce superb 3-link couplings (the chain is
available in two types - scale and fine, and with either copper or iron links). |
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Martin Finney 4mm scale kits
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We
have parts to make-up most of the former Martin Finney range of 4mm kits
- six LSWR/SR locomotives
and three tenders, fifteen GWR
locomotives and three tenders, four
LNER locomotives and four
tenders and two
LSWR van kits.
However, the parts stocks of the LNER and LSWR/SR kits are almost
exhausted and we will give details of the last few of each in the New
Year when we have assessed the position.
Please email us if you wish to buy any of these because we do not keep
complete kits for all of these in stock and may have to pack a kit to order.
We no longer sell 4mm and 2mm etched windows, 4mm
coupling rods and axle spacing and buffer height gauges. These are now
with London Road Models.
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We have included many
photographs of completed models and these take the form of thumbnail pictures
which, when clicked, open out to full size photographs which can be
viewed in (sometimes excruciating) close-up. Yes, these are 4mm models !!! We
are incorporating more photographs in the form of a gallery for each
loco and tender kit, and also pictures of the etches and extracts from the
instruction drawings for many of our other products. |