Staffordshire Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Smallest 4mm kits for BR locos, steam and other ... I have always been interested in the small unusual types of Traction that ran on BR (Post 1948), over years I have acquired a few, I was wondering what 4mm kits were/are available for this type of traction ... Let me start with a couple of examples...... CSP kits .... GWR/BR 1141/3 Peckett .... CSP kit .... 1 Hercules .. CSP kit .... SR/BR 30458 Ironside ...O Impetus ... LMS/BR Sentinel - 47184 ... Impetus kit ... LNER/BR Simplex Y11 - 15099 ... Impetus kit ... LNER/BR Super Sentinel Y10 - 68186 .. High Level kits ... BR Electric BEL2 ... There must be many more , please add details of kits available or not ... and any photos of models .... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 K's LNER ex NER Y8 0-4-0 you wont get much smaller. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Also have a look at Judith Edge Kits https://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/catalogue/judithedge.html If you can find one Pocket Money Kits/Connoisseur made a NER Y7 and a GER Y6. Not currently available, but they do turn up occasionally on eBay. http://www.jimmcgeown.com/4mm Scale 00 Gauge.html Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 As well as the Y8, K's did the Taff Vale 0-4-0ST and the MR 0-4-0ST. Stephen Poole did the Neilson 0-4-0ST. The Y8 has been re-released by Nucast Partners along with a Y7. Rodney 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted October 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2023 I think the Y11 previously mentioned, a 40 hp Simplex, probably wins the prize, but when then one at Greenland Creosote Works in West Hartlepool was replaced (Simplex 2126, BR 15097), they got a Hiibberd Planet 11 ton, originally numbered 11104 but then renumbered 52 in the departmental list. Like the Y11, this is an industrial design, and Nonneminstre make a kit: http://www.nonneminstre.co.uk/4mm-standard-gauge.php Here's a picture of two of BR's three Y11s, from https://www.lner.info/locos/IC/y11.php: I've never seen a picture of the Impetus kit. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted October 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) Impetus Y10 Craftsman 02 (also done in white metal by DJH) Edited October 2, 2023 by PMP 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 (edited) Somebody makes a kit for a 2ft gauge R&H 28/30hp in 4mm, and somebody makes a kit for a 2ft gauge Motorail, both of which types were used by BR Engineers departments, and they are really tiny! Edited October 2, 2023 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 This one is not very big. Or this one or this one Best wishes Eric 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 There was the Ruston 48DS, no. DS1169, in the engineer's dept. There is a kit from Judith Edge, as well as the Hornby model of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2023 On 02/10/2023 at 20:07, burgundy said: This one is not very big. Or this one or this one Best wishes Eric No.400 will be lovely when it’s finished! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted October 5, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2023 On 02/10/2023 at 20:07, burgundy said: This one is not very big. Or this one or this one Best wishes Eric Is that the RT models, Manning Wardle. Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, wagonbasher said: Is that the RT models, Manning Wardle. Andy Sorry. I should have added the kits from which these locos were built. Wave is an Old Class I from @RThompson. Hayling Island is from @5&9Models No 400 is a 3D print from @Javier L and @The Johnster is right. I really need to finish off the cab of No 400 by adding a rolled up tarpaulin (which was considered more than adequate for pottering around as the Brighton Works shunter). All three make a Terrier look really quite large! Best wishes Eric Edited October 5, 2023 by burgundy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 LNWR 0-4-0T 4ft Shunter, introduced in 1865. Possibly doesn't comply as it was in Kynoch Ltd/ICI ownership from 1919 to 1954 when it was presented to the British Transport Commission for preservation and is now in the hands of the NRM. London Road Models do a 4mm kit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I thought it was BR era only so omitted the RT Models Manning Wardles and Sentinels. And if we are including narrow gauge then quite a few of those made it to BR including some 18" gauge works locomotives at Horwich and Crewe. I'm pretty sure I've seen models of those somewhere for Z gauge track, maybe 3D prints Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MarkC Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I've got a Craftsman Class 02 shunter kit in my roundtuit pile - or I might just sell it, as it certainly doesn't fit my present modelling region... Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted February 28 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28 I’ve built one of the Craftsman 02 kits, took me at least 30 years from starting to finishing. Recently it has been DCC fitted which involved replacing the motor. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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