B15nac Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Hi Can anyone help me is the djh britannia a good kit does it represent a britannia well? They don't seem to make them anymore but I'm trying to track one down. Does anyone have a picture of there's? Kind regards Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 4mm or 7mm scale? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B15nac Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Sorry I should of said 4mm Regards Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Tony Wright seems to like them. He was talking about them a few weeks ago in his Wright Writes thread. As for availability. I have a feeling they aren't totally discontinued. Just that they probably aren't on the radar for another batch in the near future. But I wouldn't hold your breath waiting. Some of the other kits have disappeared from the webpage and reappeared a year or so later. The LBSC C2X and HR Jones Goods for example. However if you want one. Keep checking places like eBay and model railway exhibitions when they start again. They do turn up and sometimes you get a bargain. I got an untouched BR 4MT 2-6-4T a couple of years ago for about £50 with a full set of Romford wheels. Still unbuilt though. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Thinking about it, there was a good set of articles in Your Model Railway in the 1980s showing the build of a DJH Britannia. Over about three months starting with this issue. http://magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/model-railways-magazine-february-1985-issue.html Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I have two. I can't comment on the ease of kit assembly as they were built for me. Here's one and I'll find a pic of the other. Personally I'm pleased with them. Apologies for the dust..... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjp23480 Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2020 I haven't built a DJH Brit, but I have built the Clan (pre Hornby. Fundamentally it is a good kit. I replaced the DJH chassis with a Comet equivalent. Not such a smart move as the Comet chassis was designed for the Hornby RTR Brit so it needed quite a lot of work to fit. I think it is fair to say that the fidelity below the footplate isn't great, nor are the twiddly bits, eg pipework and various small components- sorry I don't know what they are called. But overall the dimensions are spot on and the Clan certainly made up to a nice model. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted June 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 10/06/2020 at 03:47, B15nac said: Hi Can anyone help me is the djh britannia a good kit does it represent a britannia well? They don't seem to make them anymore but I'm trying to track one down. Does anyone have a picture of there's? Kind regards Neil Hi Neil, If you decide to go ahead with this project PM me, I may be able to help with the kit. Rgds....Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73080 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Two 4mm kits have been produced by DJH: K41 with BR1/1A tender - 70000 to 44 K57 with BR1D tender - 70045 to 54 There is an in depth article by Allan Sibley about the prototype variations and building a highly detailed P4 model using the DJH kit, in the first Model Railway Journal Compendium: https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=faunRKW3eUN,33Z6x1vzXud,1,E_1497963026_1:2:10&bq=author%3Dbarlow%20bob%26title%3Dmodel%20railway%20journal%20compendium or on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Model-Railway-Journal-Compendium/124220887733?hash=item1cec2452b5:g:CX8AAOSwiGBeySzA The author's conclusions are: "..... the (P4) model will quite happily negotiate curves down to 3ft6ins radius and has sufficient adhesion to haul at least eight Mk1 coaches, its maximum train length on the current layout..." "..... For the most part it is extremely good, being dimentionally accurate, well-designed and nicely finished...." However, he clearly identifies that the kit has some detail deficiencies, and shows how to make a better model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black5 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hi, just looked at your request regarding a DJH Brittania kit. Are you looking for a completed loco or the kit itself? I have the K57 kit that came to me 80% built but minus a few pieces. It would require a motor and gears, tender wheels and a pony truck. The loco body with all the plumbing has been built, smoke deflectors are built but not attached, tender ladder is built but not attached ( both the items are in a bag ). The tender and chassis are built but separate. The loco chassis, cylinders and coupling rods etc are all assembled, but as I said, it`s missing the motor and middle driving wheel ( Romford I think ). None of the above has been painted. It may be completely not what you are looking for but as a nearly completed kit it might be. If it`s any use to you ,fine. I don`t want anything for it. I just won`t have the time to complete the build etc so I`d be pleased if it went to someone who could. Regards, Jim. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black5 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hi Neil, Loaded the pictures. Hope I`ve done it correctly. See what you think. Hope it might be useful, Regards, Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B15nac Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just to update I've just finished my flying Dutchman. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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