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    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.
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    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
  5. 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
  8. MarcD
    Firstly we will be at the following show as Furness Railway Wagon Co, Ultramarine Works or our new layout "Scratchy Bottom"
     
    GuildEx15 Telford 5-6th Sept (FRWC)
    Keighley O gauge festival 11th Oct (FRWC/Ultramarine Works)
    Workington Model Railway Show Nov (Scratchy Bottom)
    GGOG Reading 5th Dec (FRWC)
    BGOG Bristol 31st Jan (FRWC)
     
    New Wagons
    LSWR/SR/BR Gunpowder Van
    LSWR/SR Refrigerated van
    LSWR/M&SWJR/SR/GWR/BR 10ton Brake van
    S&DJR 10ton Brake
    GNR/NBR/LNER/BR Gunpowder van
    G&SWR/LMS/BR 20ton Hopper
     
    New Coaches
    NER/LNER Brake 3rd
    NER/LNER Lug Comp
    NER/LNER Lav Comp
    NER/LNER Lug 3rd
    NER/LNER all 3rd
    LSWR/B&MR/SR/GWR Comp
    LSWR/B&MR/SR/GWR all 3rd
    LSWR/B&MR/SR/GWR 1st
    LSWR/B&MR/SR/GWR Brake 3rd
    LSWR/SR 1st Saloon/3rd
    HR/LMS passenger Brake van
     
    Locomotives
    S&DJR 2-4-0T
    LNWR/LMS/BR 0-4-2PT
    LSWR 2-4-0WT
    NER/LNER/BR 0-6-0T (Class L/J73)
    NER/LNER/BR 0-6-0 (Class P/J25)
     
    Buildings
    LSWR small station building
    LSWR Ground Frame hut
    Lamborne/GWR Lamp hut
    Grounded GWR/GER Van body
    Grounded MR/SDJR/LSWR Van body
     
    Accessories
    Various Name and Number plates for light/industrial locos
    3 link Couplings
  9. MarcD
    I can announce that the next batch of wagons that will be ready in the new year will be:
     
    Taff Vale/GWR 3 plank Dropside
    Cambrian/GWR 2 plank (the kit will build both the fixed side and the dropside versions of the wagon)
    Cambrian/GWR Gunpowder Van
    GNR/NBR/LNER/BR Gunpowder Van
    GWR/BR Mink
    GWR/BR Fruit
    Barry/GWR 1 plank
    LYR/LMS double end door coal wagon
     
    We have also completely retooled two of our original kits bringing them up to our current standards. These kits have not been available for some time.
    FR/LMS/BR 2 plank Slate wagon
    FR/LMS/BR 3 plank centre door
     
    Locos and coaches to follow.
     
    All our kits are handmade in the UK and are done on a limited production run of 35 and we don't keep every kit in stock. So if you want one to be guaranteed to be at any one of the show email me and I can put one aside for you.
     
    Also we can confirm the we will be at the following shows in 2015.
    Jan GOG Bristol (Both with Layout Ultramarine Works and Trade stand)
    Feb ALSRM Manchester
    Feb GOG Kettering
    April NW O Gauge Leigh
    May ALSRM Reading
    May GOG Cleckheaton
    Sept GOG Telford
    Oct Keighley
    DEC GOG Reading
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    Ready to Run Wagons

    By MarcD,

    A few photos of some of the ready to run wagons that I have been busy building for a number of customers in the last few weeks. 12 wagons in total 2x SDJR 20ton Brakes, 4 North British wagons, 1x MR tanker, 1x MR Tariff Van, 1x SDJR Road Van, 1x G&SWR Box Van 1x GER Box Van 1x GER vent Van. Only two Locos to do before Christmas.
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    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.
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    What's happened this week

    By MarcD,

    Being forced to take things a little easy this week has allowed me to catch up on a few kits which I have been putting of finishing.

    Firstly I have managed to add the transfers to one of our latest kits. The NER/LNER/BR P4 hopper, it went to Telford unpainted and now looks pretty good full painted and lettered. Even if I do say so.

    Next on the list was HR/LMS/BR Loco Coal wagon. This one had missed out on Telford as I ran out of time. Not a hard task to finish as it just needed the axle guards, wheels and couplings to be fitted and the transfers adding.

    Finally something for me it doesn’t happen that often. Two Telford’s ago I bought a Roxey Mouldings SECR/CR 0-4-0 Crane Tank and things got in the way of building it. The kit is mainly white metal so the hardest parts so far has been cleaning up the small etch and taking some flash off the white metal castings. With the top just requiring a few bits of wire adding and the cab roof fitting, it’s going to make an interesting addition.
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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).
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    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
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    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.
  18. MarcD
    We are having a few problems up dating our website at the moment please bear with us while we sort them out. All products can also be seen on our gallery pages.
     
    We will be attending the following shows this year
     
    Maryport MRC April 5-6 as Ultramarine Works
     
    North West O gauge Leigh April 26
     
    GOG North Clegheaton May 29
     
    GOG GulidEx Telford
     
    Workington MRC November Demonstrating kit building
     
    Hope to see people at some point.
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    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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    Since last writing something I have been a bit busy getting the new range of wagon kits ready for the first show of the year in June. With most of the engineering work complete I am now turning to the pleasurable part building the prototypes.
    June's new kits are:-
    NER R2 and R4 Coke wagons. These are based on our popular NER P5 coal hopper that came out some years ago.
    NER Q1 Loco coal/High Goods
    LYR Gunpowder Van
    Rhymney Railway 4 plank open/Loco Coal
    S&DJR 2 Plank Open

    September's new kits are:-
    GNoSR 10ton Brake
    S&DJR 20ton 6-Wheel Brake
    NER C2 4 Plank Open
    L&YR Dia.1 1 Plank Open
    L&YR Dia.36A Single Bolster
    HR/North Sunderland Rly 4-wheel all 3rd Coach
    NER H1 0-6-0 Crane Tank

    I will post photos of the prototypes as soon as I have finshed them
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    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
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    In the last few months I have managed to finish off a number wagons that have been meening to finish for a while.
     
    A Powsides coke wagon, a Slaters NER P7 hopper and a Slaters BR 20t brake van.
     
    We have now been been invited to two exhibitions as a layout rather than a manufacturer so work has started on turning our basic stand into a layout fit for a show.
     
    Also most of the Wagons for this year's production have been designed and the patterns have been made and its only February.
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