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On 23/10/2023 at 17:48, Chivers Finelines said:
UK Half Term Holiday offer.....
Free UK postage any order from the UNITED KINGDOM with the Promo code: POSTME
Valid until 31st October 2023 11.59pm. Only valid to UK orders made through the website
Last Day today!! Ends at 11.59pm GMT!!
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UK Half Term Holiday offer.....
Free UK postage any order from the UNITED KINGDOM with the Promo code: POSTME
Valid until 31st October 2023 11.59pm. Only valid to UK orders made through the website
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So finally after being requested for some time I'm pleased to announce the following releases from Chivers Finelines...
RC44X - Underframe Parts Pack - £6 each + p&p
Underframe parts pack from our RC447 kit. Parts included are: 2x Solebar sprue, Floor, Brake lever sprue, Door Bangs, NEM block mounts.
https://www.chiversfinelines.co.uk/shop/p/z0vycnzvbb1s4sasi69rzw8s8fpau5
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Also we have created a few spare parts available to by direct from the website. These will be added to over time, but available now are:
For 00/EM/P4...
SP401 ROLLER BEARINGS SPRUE (00,EM,P4) - From RC473 - £2+p&p
SP402 AXLE BOXES SPRUE (00, EM, P4) - From RC474 - £2+p&p
SP403 DOOR BANG SPRUE - From RC444, RC446, RC448 & RC449 - £2+p&p
SP404 BRAKE LEVERS From RC444, RC445, RC446, RC448 and RC449 - £2+p&p
SP405 - 12x NEM POCKET COUPLER MOUNTS - £5+p&p
For 009..
TK2 - 009 L&B BOGIES (ONE PAIR) - from RC881 - £4+p&p
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We have also replenished many out of stock kits over the last few weeks, now on to something new!
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UK Half Term Holiday offer.....
Free UK postage any order from the UNITED KINGDOM with the Promo code: POSTME
Valid until 31st October 2023 11.59pm. Only valid to UK orders made through the website
https://www.chiversfinelines.co.uk
Matt.
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OUT NOW....
RC474 - 00 BR Dia1/107 21T MDO MINERAL WAGON KIT - £10 each + P&P
Available now via our ONLINE SHOP - Click Here
This kit is designed to make a model of the BR Dia1/107 21T MDO Mineral Wagon. 1500 built 1950-51 Numbered B201000-B202499. Remained in service until the 1980's. This kit comes with 2 oil type axle box options.
The kit requires standard wagon wheels on 26mm axles, bearings, couplers, paint & tranfers to complete. Cambridge Custom Transfers produce suitable pre-TOPs transfers - Sheet BL2.
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For those wishing to change the axle boxes to roller bearings as some wagons had in later life we have made available our roller bearing sprue from our MDV kit. These can be purchased on our online shop via this link https://www.chiversfinelines.co.uk/shop/p/sp401-roller-bearings-sprue-00emp4
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41 minutes ago, cctransuk said:
What we see in the images is a digital render - how this translates into injected plastic remains yo be seen!
CJI.
Those images above are the actual kit, taken on my desk!! That is the detail on the kit. My Dads finest work.
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Back in Production and Available NOW!!
RC966 - N GAUGE BR BLUE SPOT FISH VAN KIT - £10 + p&p
https://www.chiversfinelines.co.uk/shop/p/rc966-n-gauge-br-blue-spot-fish-van-kit
This kit is designed to produce a model of the BR Dia 800 Blue Spot Fish Van after it had been fitted with roller bearings in 1957.
A complete article about BR Fish Vans was published in British Railway Modelling for December 2000.
They were numbered in the E87000- E87499 series, but only 275 were fitted with roller bearings for the dedicated blue spot trains. After the decline of fish traffic they were reclassified as SPV or NRV for express parcels service.
The kit requires 6.2mm wheels and Peco Couplings to Complete.
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OUT NOW! New 009 Kit.
RC814 - 009 Tramway Bogie C class van kit - £10.00 + p&p
https://www.chiversfinelines.co.uk/shop/p/rc814-009-tramway-bogie-c-class-van-kit
This kit is designed to produce a 20ft Tramway bogie van largely based on the C Class Van that ran on the Innisfail Tramway in Queensland Australia. The kit was designed from the drawings of Jim Fainges.
The kit requires 6.2mm wheels, Couplers, paint to finish. (Supplied with correct screw for bogies).And a picture with our H class open wagon kit....
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Just a reminder this offer ends tonight at 11.59pm.
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We have a new website!!
https://www.chiversfinelines.co.ukSo a new website, new web address, we are fully back under the original name of Chivers Finelines*, something that we have been working on for a while. Gone are the PayPal buttons, its now a fully secure integrated online shop, you can pay direct by card or PayPal if you still wish, on the website so no more redirecting like before. You will get email notification of your order confirmation and one when we ship your order! You can set up an account to make future ordering easier, sign up for newsletter for news of future products and such. It's all bells and whistles kind of thing. If that wasn't all.....
To celebrate this new website, we are offering 10% off any order until 11.59pm on the 19th October 2022! Enter at the checkout the promo code: NEWSITE10*some products may still have Five79 on the labels/instructions.
Fantastic!
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1 hour ago, Cwmtwrch said:
I had thought that this [and the outwardly identical D1973 - the different diagrams are for different materials] was likely to be very difficult to do as a plastic kit, so your news was very interesting, but turned out to be rather disappointing when I looked at your website. I don't know if you realised it or not, but the side stanchions are "I" beams, and the corner plates are flat to the ends, but spaced off the sides. A shame, I feel, as I too like and have built several of your kits, but, for me, this would take too much work to achieve an accurate model.
Yes we fully understand what you mean, we looked at various methods to achieve what you say, none we were happy with.
What you need is a Dia1973 to start from…
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2 hours ago, hmrspaul said:
All 5 of my photos are on the mainline. The place and date of photography clearly stated as always.
Paul
Excellent, thanks Paul. I should have read the notes on the pictures!
Your images are an excellent source of prototype information! We quoted the site as reference material in the instructions.
Many Thanks
Matt
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6 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:
Great news. Southern Region Van(s) please. Your KIts are really good to build. Class Mouldings and well designed; thanks.
Phil
Many thanks for the kind comment.Southern vans you say?!
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4 hours ago, micklner said:
Hopefully the NER/LNER CCT's are still going to be produced ?
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5 hours ago, hmrspaul said:
Some prototype inspiration https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsmineral/e36f7de11
https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsmineral/e3b8d4141 and various other photos including them in Internal use by NCB.
These are an interesting wagon because, perhaps uniquely, they have a lot of protection which permits the wagon to be put on its side on the tipplers used for the large loco coal loaders that were popular on the LMS.
Paul
PS Perhaps the CEGB Tipplers could use some of the parts for these wagons. Built by the same manufacturer's but lacking any doors https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/cegbtippler
Very interesting! Looks like just the dia1974 without doors to me. The other looks like dia1973 without doors too!Maybe a silly question, Did the CEGB wagons run on the mainline?
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*NEW* *OUT NOW* 4mm Standard Gauge
RC440 LMS 20T Loco Coal Dia 1974 kit - £10.00 + p&p
https://www.five79.co.uk/RC440/
This kit is designed to make a model of the LMS Dia1974 20T
Loco Coal Wagon. Built to Diagram 1974, 350 of these wagons were built at Derby works 1945 to 1947 and lasted until the mid 1970's.
The kit requires standard wagon wheels on 26mm axles, bearings, couplers, paint & transfers to complete.____________________________________________________________
The News
1) We are pleased to announce that we are working on many various NEW products in 4mm standard gauge. These will be new tooling.
2) With the demise of Photo Etch Consultants, we have decided that some of the various kits which include etch will not be brought back into production, this mainly effects the H0n30 range of locomotive kits.
3) We are working on new tooling so the remaining products not released from our old catalogue as of yet, will be released as and when time permits.
4) RC44X 12' under frame parts are due for release very soon.
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5) We are finalising the details of the new e-commerce website which is more customer friendly and doesn't require PayPal for payments. More on its launch very very soon.
Many Thanks,
Matt.
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Although we seem like we are quite, we are burning the midnight oil working on many new projects including brand new 4mm standard gauge kits, below is a pre-production moulding, and nope we aren't telling you what it is, yet....
I'm under an intense apprenticeship with the man himself (Roger Chivers) learning everything he knows in the art of model kit manufacture. 40+ years of knowledge is a heck of a lot to absorb, 😀, but we are making progress.
Huge thank you to everyone of our customers who purchases our products from the kit range, we couldn't keep doing this without you. Eventually I'll get the new website finished.....but for now back to the machines!
Laters.
Matt.
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On 23/06/2022 at 12:45, SR71 said:
Very interested in this. Any chance of a 'what's in the box' picture?
Unfortunately I forgot to take one before I finished packing them all up.
On 23/06/2022 at 13:54, Enterprisingwestern said:Matt, if you stopped beggaring about with that honking great lump of iron in the workshop and concentrated on the 4mm kits?!!
Laterzzzzz.
Mike.
Haha, well the good news is the big lumps of iron are on hold at the moment, I've got a full schedule on the kits so no free time to
play,I mean build the steam engine!On 23/06/2022 at 14:08, burgundy said:Matt
Sorry we missed the chance to give this a plug in the LBSCR Modellers' Digest, just released.
Best wishes
Eric
Sorry Eric, I should have given you the heads up. I came back from a long weekend away and just put my head down and got them done. I'm hoping to be able to keep them in stock now.
11 hours ago, 26power said:Great to hear news of a new 4mm standard gauge wagon kit! Any hints as to what it is?!
It's a wagon kit. 😉
8 hours ago, Mark Hamlin said:LMS sole wagon? Given I am just about start scratchbuilding one😀.
Have at least one of every standard gauge wagon in your range and they are all wonderful. So very happy to see the range being increased
I will put your suggestion into the mix 👍.
Oh yes we will be expanding the range, I'm getting a full on intense apprenticeship from the man himself.
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OUT NOW 4mm Locomotive kits.
RC201 LBSCR D3 Kit - £55 + p&p: https://five79.co.uk/RC201/
This kit is designed to assemble into a model of the LBSCR D3 designed by R.J.Billington in 1892, 36 of which were subsequently built. They lasted into the 1950's.
The kit contains a white metal body and a etched brass, nickel silver chassis.
The kit requires: 22mm Driving wheels, 12mm bogie wheels, gearbox & motor, 1/8th inch wheel bearings, pickups (originally designed to use MAGIB plunger type pick ups), crank pins, handrail knobs, smoke box door dart, turned frame spacers (optional), couplings, paint & transfers.
RC202 SECR Wainwright J Kit - £55 + p&p: https://five79.co.uk/RC202/
This Kit is designed to produce a model of the Wainwright J Class 0-6-4T which were built in 1913 and lasted until 1951.
This kit is a white metal body, etch brass & nickel silver chassis.
The kit requires: 22mm Driving wheels & axles, 14mm bogie wheels, 1/8" wheel bearings, motor & gearbox, frame spacers (optional), pickups (originally designed for MAGIB Plunger type), handrail knobs, Smoke box door dart, paint, couplings & decals.---------------------------------------------------------
NEWS.. Kind of....
There are currently no news updates on the NER/LNER CCT's but they are reaching the top of the list, in between all the other projects and NEW products we are currently working on.
We are currently working on tooling for a new 4mm standard gauge wagon and will be the next release from us all going well. Followed by another 009 kit. We have a large list of possible new kits in various scales and gauges.
Mr Finelines himself, is currently working on various projects for his own model railway and is trying out new technologies, which could enter service within Chivers Finelines itself.
All the best,
Matt Chivers
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OUT NOW - RC815 Bogie Steel Peat Wagon - £10 + p&p
20ft Modern steel open peat wagon based on those running on the Board na Móna, but could be used for a various industries. Requires 6.2mm wheels, couplings and paint to complete.
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OUT NOW...... 4mm Standard gauge...
RC43X - 6wh Underframe Parts Pack
Underframe Parts from our RC436 6wh LMS Fish Van.
Contains (as picture)...
Floor,
Solebars,
Center wheel,
Brake arms/handles,
Brake Blocks,
NEM pocket
This kit does not include instructions or castings. RC436 Instructions can be downloaded in the Link below.
The parts are designed to take 14mm wheels on 26mm axles & Bearings
£8 plus p&p
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Here is the Spring 2022 News & Updates from Five79/Chivers
BRAND NEW 009 KITS - OUT NOW!
Buy Now via the website:
RC811 - Tramway H Wagon Kit - £10 + p&p
RC812 - Round End Open Bogie Wagon Kit - £10 + p&p
Both kits require 6.2mm Wheels, Couplings and Paint to complete. (Brass Screws for bogie mounts supplied).
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On 24/02/2022 at 17:31, LNERJP said:
Anyone got any recommendations for 6.2mm metal wheels for the N gauge wagon kits?
Cheers
JP
I concur what @Nile has commented......
On 25/02/2022 at 14:54, Nile said:I use the Farish wheels in our 009 Stock as well.
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OUT NOW....N Gauge
RC962 GWR OPEN C Dia 0.19 - £10 + p&p
This kit is designed to produce a model of the GWR Open C Long wheelbase open merchandise wagon dia 0.19 built between 1914 and 1927.
Sample built by M.Chivers.
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OUT NOW! 016.5 Narrow Gauge
RC7830 016.5 11' Brake Van Kit - £12 + p&p
This kit is desgned to make a generic 11' Brake van based on the family likeness of the West Lancs Light Railway Brake van. It is for use with 016.5 or with modification 014.
No provision has been made for couplings, except coupler mounting points have been included for Kadee™ Mk 5 couplings.
The kit requires 10.5mm wagon wheels on 25mm axles*, bearings, couplers, paint to complete.
RC7831 11' Closed Van Kit - £12 + p&p
This kit is desgned to make a generic 11' van based on the family likeness of the West Lancs Light Railway Brakevan. It is for usewith 016.5 or with modification 014.
No provision has been made for couplings, except coupler mounting points have been included for Kadee™ Mk 5 couplings.
The kit requires 10.5mm wagon wheels on 25mm axles*, bearings, couplers, paint to complete.
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Latest from Chivers Finelines - HALF TERM FREE UK POSTAGE
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Is there a slim possibility..... you may, just may..... I know this is ridiculous suggestion........ Have finished the kit? 🤔
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All the best,
Matt