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Martin Finney kits

Unfortunately, we have reached the end of our stocks of the white metal castings covering the LNER and LSWR/SR ex-Martin Finney kits, and our unable to obtain further supplies of a number of important castings for which we do not have the moulds. Therefore, we will not be able to supply complete kits for several of these once the remaining component stocks are exhausted. This means that we are now not able to produce any more LSWR T3 and Adams Radial kits; however, we hope that a small number of the LNER A1/A3 and A4 and all the LNER tenders will be available again by Easter.

The good news is that we have all the moulds and masters to continue with the full range of GWR kits, although these will only be available to order. While we always hold common component stocks there will sometimes be a delay of a 2-3 months if we have to order in more etches or castings. All of the LMS kits except the Princess Royal will also continue to be available although we only have castings to complete five more Royal Scots.

If anyone is interested once we have exhausted the remaining whitemetal stocks we will be able to sell full sets of etches and lost wax castings from the Finney LNER A1/A3 and A4 kits and the LSWR Radial and T3 kits. (Availability and prices will be shown on the website later in the year).

3009/24 - Ivatt 2MT chassis kit..... - read more

08/09/24 - Scaleforum..... - read more

15/08/24 - More J17 variants and Coronation update...... - read more

01/01/24 - Plans for 2024...... - read more

28/11/23 - Geoff Hurley ...... - read more

For earlier posts - read more

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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.

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.

Finescale chassis for the Bachmann LMS Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0

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. Newly released are for the RCH 1932 10ft Morton braked steel or wooden underframe wagons.

Other easy-to-assemble sprung sub-frames for the RCH 1907, RCH 1923 and Gloucester 9ft wheelbase Private Owner wagons are also available. All types incorporate springing as standard.

3-link couplings

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).

Martin Finney 4mm scale kits

We have available 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.

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.

Discontinued products

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.

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.