DJH Announce 4 Gauge O Kits

[Rambler]

In the May Gauge O Guild Gazette, DJH have an advertisement for four 'Projects' for 2018 & 2019, as kits and RTR.

These are:

• CR/LMS/BR 439 class 0-4-4T
• LNER/BR J39 0-6-0
• NER/LNER/BR D20 4-4-0
• NER/LNER/BR A8 4-6-2T

Its nice to see some North Eastern kits in 7mm. I'm not sure why they've chosen a J39 given that the Connoisseur kit has a good reputation and Tower Brass J39s can still be obtained - maybe there's read-across for the tender from their D49 kit.

 

Scooting off to the DJH website there isn't any more information, so we'll have to wait and see what turns up.

[delticfan]

I rather think Jim’s J39 would be a bit cheaper than the DJH kit. They always seem to be very expensive for what is a bit of a cumbersome white metal body.

[DOCJACOB]

No comment on quality as not got one but don’t Alba models do a CR 439 kit?

[Rambler]

I rather think Jim’s J39 would be a bit cheaper than the DJH kit. They always seem to be very expensive for what is a bit of a cumbersome white metal body.

If it gets to the point where I have to choose between a DJH A8 and a Finney A7, the material used is just one more reason for choosing the A7. Somehow the A7 just looks better to me anyway - just another example of beauty being in the eye of the beholders.

The D20 is a different case - I know of two existing kits but haven’t seen a review of either, which leads me to think that they should be avoided. As D20 is the one that I am interested in, I’ll just have to take my chances with the DJH one.

Edited May 10, 2018 by Rambler

[delticfan]

If it gets to the point where I have to choose between a DJH A8 and a Finney A7, the material used is just one more reason for choosing the A7. Somehow the A7 just looks better to me anyway - just another example of beauty being in the eye of the beholders.

The D20 is a different case - I know of two existing kits but haven’t seen a review of either, which leads me to think that they should be avoided. As D20 is the one that I am interested in, I’ll just have to take my chances with the DJH one.

Look at it this way DJH is 20th century technology and Finney 7 is 21st century. I have seen what Finney 7 are doing and their etches are out of this world. DJH in my view are expensive for what you get, but if you like lumps of white metal go for it. I do know Finney 7are going to be around for some time and have a lot of ideas in the pipeline.