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  1. MarcD

    2016 show dates

    By MarcD,

    This year
     
    Feb 14th ALSRM North Manchester (Furness Wagon)
     
    March 5th GOG Spring Show Kettering (Furness Wagon)
     
    April 23rd North West O gauge Show Leigh (Furness Wagon)
     
    May 7th ALSRM South Reading (Furness Wagon)
     
    May 14th Kirkby Stephen Model railway show (Scratchy Bottom SDLR)
     
    June 4th GOG Summer Show Doncaster (Furness Wagon)
     
    Sept 3rd/4th GuildEx Telford (Furness Wagon)
     
    Oct 8/9th Furness Model railway show Barrow-in-Furness (Scratchy Bottom SDLR)
     
    Dec 4th Guilford O gauge show Reading (Furness Wagon)
     
    Dec 10/11 Blyth and Tyne Model railway show (Scratchy Bottom SDLR)
     
    At shows marked as Furness Wagon you can buy from our selves but shows marked a Scratchy Bottom we will be at the shows as exhibitors and we will not be able to sell you however You will be able pick up prepaid orders.
     
    Marc
  2. MarcD

    4mm Wagon range up date

    By MarcD,

    Since my last post about adding 4mm wagon kits to our 7mm range we have been commissioned to produce some additional wagons these will be ready round about Easter next year.
     
    The second batch of 4mm wagons will be:
    NER/LNER/BR/PO P5/P17 hopper
    NER/LNER/BR/PO R2/4 Coke hopper
    NER/LNER/BR S1 Ore hopper.
     
    I will up date everyone once design work has commenced.
     
    Marc
  3. MarcD

    Additional show date

    By MarcD,

    We have addtional show date we will be attending the Workington Model railway show on 19th/20th of November 2016. This will be with "Scratchy Bottom (LSWR/SDJR)" on the Saturday and Sunday Mornings and the layout will turn into "Lowick (Furness/NER)" in the afternoons to allows us to run some stock that doesn't normally get a run out.
  4. MarcD
    News hot off the press We have been commissioned to make some 4mm wagons that can be built as OO or EM. The first wagons in the new range will be: LYR/LMS/BR 1plank/Bolster; LYR/LMS 7plank loco coal/double ended coal wagon and a 7 plank open that can be built as a side door only or side and end door. The latter kit can be LBSCR/SECR/GNR/NER/W^D/SR/LNER/BR as well as private owner wagons.
     
    These kits will be available around February time. If these kits sell then we will be looking to expand the range inline with our 7mm range.
     
    Marc
  5. MarcD
    Had a good show at Kettering, lots of new customers. Need to think of a way of letting potential customers know that the Furness bit of Furness Railway Wagon Company relates to where we come from, rather than what we produce!!!! We have no geographical loyalty!!! We now have prototypes from Wick to St Austell, Norwich to Holyhead and all points in between.
  6. MarcD
    I have just finished building two Great Eastern 5 planks, for a customer and the Prototype of the Furness medium cattle van. Also the furness 2-4-2Ts have had there first coat of red so I will give them another coat this afternoon and finish them off tomorrow. I will post photos once they are finished.
     
    Marc
  8. MarcD
    Just finished the model for our latest brake van. Its a Furness/LMS/BR 10-12ton brake built from 1907 to 1917 and lasting until the 1950's. It will be available as a RTR from us, to order, or as print from our shapeways site.
     
    Also, just produced these models for a customer. They are for a M&GWR/Irish Railways E1 0-6-0T
  10. MarcD

    Highland Coaches

    By MarcD,

    At Gauge O Guild Telford we had on show the prototypes of our new Highland Railway Rib sided coaches. The coaches are now available. There are 3 kits are an All 3rd, an 2nd/3rd Composite and a 1st/2nd Composite. A passenger brake van will be add to the range next year.
     
    Also at Telford could be seen the following new kits
    GWR Z1 Gunpowder Van
    GWR X1 Mica B
    NBR 4 Plank (builds fixed side/drop side/Centre door)
     
    Coming very shortly
    NER C9 5 plank open
    GNoSR 16ft Box
    NER K1 Cattle Van
    GNR/NBR Explosives Van
    LYR Diag.5 7 plank Loco Coal/goods Wagon
     
    In the pipe line ,
    NER class L/LNER J73 tank
    NER class P/LNER J24
    SDJR 2-4-0T (No28A)
    NBR class E/LNER J88
    LNWR 0-4-2PT
    GWR Fruit Van
    LSWR Refrigerator Van
    TVR Mink
    GER Fitted Vent Van
    LYR diag.6 double ended coal wagon
  11. MarcD

    Kettering GOG Show

    By MarcD,

    Unfortunatly we have had to cancel going to the GOG Kettering show tomorrow, due to family illness. I hope that this does not inconvenance anyone, but in the circumstances I hope people will understand that I have to put my family first.
     
    If you have ordered kits and Ready to runs that were to be picked up at Kettering I will contact you individually to arrange delivery or alternative pick up dates.
     
    Apologies for any inconvenience.
     
    Marc
  12. MarcD

    Latest News

    By MarcD,

    Due to a change of family circumstances we will be scaling back our business. While this means that we will be reducing the number of shows that we trade at, until thing settle down, we are not closing down and we are still developing new products. We will be attending Telford this year but after that we are not able to commit to going to shows, in 2019, at this point in time. Hopefully we will be able to confirm some show dates in 2019 but these will be reduced in number. In addition to the shows that we attend as traders we will still be attending shows with our layout, "Lowick/Scratchy Bottom". In the mean time our products will still be available mail order or from our "Shapeways” site and our design service will still be available at £20 p/h.
     
    Also as most of our kits are limited additions, usually 30 wagons, once the current production runs are sold we will not be reintroducing them. Some kits have now already been withdrawn. Once they are gone they are gone!
     
    Most new products will be introduced as "Selective Laser Sintered" or as ready to run. This has the added advantage as this production method is more environmentally friendly, as there is no plastic waste. Please note that "Selective Laser Sintering" is not 3D printing as it produces a very strong, but flexible, high definition product using a laser to fuse plastic powder were as 3D printing uses the technology used in an inkjet printer, to deposited molten plastic which give a low definition finish which can be very fragile.
    New Products
    We are still developing new products and the following products will be available over the next few months.
    Kits
    G&SWR/LMS/BR 20t hopper (Etched brass kit with SLS fittings) Kit £65 RTR on request LSWR/SR/BR Refrigerated van (Mixed media kit Cast resin body with brass and SLS fittings) Kit £55 RTR on request

    SLS/RTR
    These will all be available from our shapeways site
    FR/NSR/NBR 1plank FR/LMS medium Cattle van FR/LMS/BR 10/12t Brake van GER/LD&ECR/GCR/LNER Brake van LNWR/LMS 1 plank open LNWR/LMS 2 plank fixed side LNWR/LMS 2 plank drop side LNWR/LMS 2 plank slate wagon transporter FR/NSR/LNWR/Cambrian/Mid-Wales 6ton single bolster

     
    RTR only
    FR/M&MR/GWR/LMS Sharp Stewart 2-4-2T in 3 versions (Etch nickel silver chassis with SLS top and brass roof) LSWR/SR/BR 2-4-0WT in 6 versions (Etch nickel silver chassis with SLS top and brass roof and lost wax cast parts) 2.3.1 LNWR/LMS/BR 0-4-2PT (Etch nickel silver chassis with resin/brass top and brass roof and lost wax cast parts)

     
    Prices dependent on the UK/Euro exchange rate.
  13. MarcD

    List of exibitions for 2012

    By MarcD,

    We will be attending the following exibitions this year
     
    GOG Halifax June 2nd Stand only
    GuildEx 12 (GOG Telford) September Stand only
    Barrow-in-Furness Model Railway Exibition October 14-15 Layout only
    Workington Model Railway Exibition November Layout and stand
  14. MarcD
    The first 3D Cad models for the locomotives we have under development.
    1st Sharp Stewart (Furness/Manchester and Milford/LMS/GWR) 2-4-2T 1891-1925 Etched nickel silver chassis and a 3D printed top there will be a number of options chimneys/rivet details etc
     
    2nd LSWR/SR/BR 2-4-0WT Etched nickel silver chassis and a 3D printed top there will be initially there will be 6 versions covering 1895-2018. if there is demand we may do a pre 1895 version and a tender version.
     
    Marc
  15. MarcD

    More new wagons

    By MarcD,

    Since the last time I added anything we have been a little busy. We have 3 new wagon kits(see Below) and we have been designing the next batch of new kits.
     
    FRWC60 S&DJR/LSWR/Midland Railway/LMS/SR 8ton 2 Plank open Wagon
    Between 1898 and 1912 the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway committee build over 43 2 plank open wagons for use in the movement of general goods. These wagons were original built with fixed sides and rated at 8 tons but after 1904 they were built with a centre drop door in each side and some were up rated to 10 tons.
    In 1914 all of the S&DJR’s revenue earning wagons were split between evenly the Midland and the LSWR. All departmental stock was retained in S&DJR livery until 1930. Most of the wagons that were allocated to the Midland and LSWR would have been absorbed into the LMS or the SR. A few of these wagons lasted into early British Railways.
     
    FRWC61 NER/LNER/PO/BR R2-R4 10ton Coke hopper
     
    This kit represents a R2/R4 Coke hopper wagon built for the North Eastern Railway’s Central Division between 1893 and 1910. These wagons were a direct descendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway’s 8ton coal hopper and were basically a NER central division P5 hopper with extra planks added to the top. The R2 having 2 planks and the R4 having 3 extra planks.
    From 1905 the number of R4’s were drastically reduced as they were either rebuilt into R2’s by having the top rave removed or sold off in to private ownership either to Gas, Chemical or Coke works around the north of England and southern Scotland.
    All of the R4s had gone before 1923 with over 100 of R2’s passed into the LNER’s stock with a few living long enough in private hands to reach nationalisation in 1947.
     
    FRWC62 NER/LNER/BR Q1 Loco Coal/High Goods
     
    These wagons were built in batches by the NER, between 1880 and 1900, for the sole purpose of delivering locomotive coal to the company’s locomotive depots. As larger capacity wagons were built for this purpose the smaller capacity Q1 wagons were, on the whole, surplus to requirement.
     
    Most of the Q1’s were still not even 10 years old so the NER put them to work as “High goods†wagons a role that they were well suited. Later in life these wagons came back into service stock are again they were replaced by larger capacity wagons.
     
    A large number of these wagon passed to the LNER in 1923 a few were still in service as loco coal wagons but the majority were in the high goods role. By 1947 there were only 2 of these wagons left in departmental stock.
     
     
    The next wagons will be:-
    S&DJR/LMS/BR 20 Ton 6-wheel Brake Van
    NER/LNER/BR C2 4 plank
    SECR/W^D/SR/BR 4 plank dropside
    Rhymney Railway/GWR 4 plank
    GNoSR/LNER/BR 17 Ton Brake van
    LYR/LMS/BR Gunpowder Van
    LYR/W^D/LMS/BR 1 plank
    LYR/W^D/LMS/BR Single Bolster

    These should all be ready for the Gauge 0 Guild's GuildEX2012 in September
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    More wagons

    By MarcD,

    Three more wagons are now in the range and are available as both kits and ready to run to order.
    The first wagon is a Caledonian/Highland Railway open sheep wagon. These wagons were standard open wagons that were fitted with extension raves to stop the sheep jumping out.
    The next wagon is a GWR Mica B refrigerated meat van.
    The third wagon is a North British 4 plank open wagon the kit for this wagon will build three different wagons a fixed side, a drop side or a centre door (shown).
  18. MarcD
    should start by saying that about 10 years ago I produced some 7mm kits for both a P4 and a P5 coal hopper and R2 and R4 coke hoppers. These were resin with brass strapping over layed onto them. With the moulds dying last year I decided to see if I could upgrade them to be a one piece 3D print.
    This was achieved pretty quickly. But then I had the idea to make them work ie make the bottom doors open and close automatically. Easier said than done.
    So starting with the P5 hopper this is how far I have got.


    The wagon body. The lugs on the bottom hold the doors in place and the lugs on bracing is for the door operating lever.


    Bottom doors and door operating lever.


    Body with doors attached. There is a bit of brass wire running through the lugs and the door hinges.

    These are 7mm ones I'm hoping to have some in 4mm before EMGS spring in may.
    Marc
  19. MarcD
    We will have the first of our new 7mm narrow gauge kits available at this years GOG Telford show. They will be Talyllyn 2 bar slate, Talyllyn 3 bar slate, Talyllyn 3 plank open and Talyllyn 4plank open. With luck the Talyllyn iron bodied wagons should also be on show. I will post photos of the 3D models later.
  20. MarcD

    New brake van now avalable

    By MarcD,

    We just took delivery of the first of our new brake van.
    Its a Mid-Wales/Cambrian Railways 6ton brake van
    It's available as printed parts from our "shapeways" shop https://www.shapeways.com/shops/pre-grouping-railways or "Ready to Run from ourselves. Its the first of our products that will not be available as a kit.
     
    Marc
  21. MarcD

    New for Telford

    By MarcD,

    With Telforn finshed with for another year. I can now add the latest photos to the blog.
     
    New for this year were
     
    S&DJR 20ton 6-Wheel brake van
    GNoSR 17ton Brake van
    GNoSR 10ton Coke wagon
    SECR 4 plank Drop side
    Rhymney Rly 4 plank open/Loco Coal
    LYR Gunpowder Van
    LYR 1 plank/single bolster
    NBR Coke.
     
    We were also able to confirm that the following wagons are to be produced next year
    GNR large cattle
    GNR 4 plank open
    LYR 3 box bunker coal
    S&DJR/MR cattle
    S&DJR peat
    GNoSR 16ft box
    NER 4 plank open
    MR Manure Wagon
  22. MarcD
    Some photos of our latest 7mm (0n18/0-9) narrow gauge layout Crackpot Mining, that made its debut at the Workington Model Railway Show this morning.
    set in the 1950/60's in the Yorkshire valley of Swaledale. the Layout was built in just over a week using Peco 009 track and an IKEA APA toy box.
  23. MarcD
    It's been a while since I added any thing here and many things have changed since my last entry. We have expanded some what.
    This years kit list.
     
    Cleckheaton
    NER/LNER/BR DiaC2 4 plank Open
    GNR/LNER/BR 4 plank open
    S&DJR/MR/LSWR/SR/LMS Large Cattle Van
    MR/LMS Medium Cattle Van
    S&DJR/MR/LSWR/LMS/SR/BR Road Van (re-tooled)
    MR/LMS/BR Banana Van
    MR/LMS/BR Tariff Van (Re-tooled)
    Lincoln Wagon Co 4 Plank Private Owner wagon with raised ends
    LBSCR/SR 3 Plank Dropside
    LBSCR/SR 5 Plank with raised ends
     
    Telford
    NER/LNER/BR DiaG1 Box Van
    S&DJR/LMS Peat Wagon
    LBSCR/SR 6 Plank Coal Wagon
    GNoSR/LNER/BR 16ft Box Van
    GNR/LNER/BR Cattle Van
    LYR/LMS/BR 3 Box Bunker Coal
    MR/LMS/BR Manure Wagon
    NER/LNER/BR DiaK1 Cattle Van
     
    NER/LNER H1/J78 0-6-0CT
    MR/NSR/LMS/BR 0-4-0BEL
    S&DJR 2-4-0T
  24. MarcD
    We now have a range of axle boxes, buffers and othe fixing available to be printed by customers on our shapways site. As we move away from white metal castings to 3D printed fitting in our kits this allows us to offer these parts for sale to the general public.
    To access these parts go onto our shape ways site at www.shapeways.com/pregroupingrailways more parts will be added as we remove white metal from our kits.
     
    Marc
  25. MarcD
    The list of kits and Ready to Run products new for Telford in September has now been finalised.
     
    LNWR/LMS/BR 0-4-2PT
    NER/LNER/BR Class P/J24 0-6-0
    S&DJR 2-4-0T
     
    GNoSR/LNER/BR 8ton Box van
    NER/LNER/BR Cattle van
    NER/LNER/BR 5 plank open
    GWR/RR/TVR/BR Mink
    GWR/BR Meat van
    LYR/LMS/BR Loco Coal Wagon
    LYR/LMS Coal wagon
    GNR/NBR/LNER/BR Gunpowder
    NBR/LNER/BR 3 plank centre door/drop side
    NBR/LNER/BR 4 plank centre door/drop side/fixed side
    GNR/LNER/BR 10/15/20ton Brake van
    GER/LNER/BR Fitted Vent van
     
    HR/CR/North Sunderland Rly All 3rd
    HR/CR/North Sunderland Rly 2nd/3rd Comp
    HR/CR/North Sunderland Rly 1st/2nd Comp
    FR/LMS All 3rd
    FR/LMS 3rd Brake
     
    A limited number of kits will be available at the show and I will be ordering etches in the next week for delivery at Telford. If you want one of these kits or any other in our range please order shortly to avoid disappointment.
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