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Hello Stephen,

Thank you for your kind comment of my kit, I, as always when seeing my customers build my kits, am excited of this build project and will be looking forward to your comments during the building process, as every producer should know how much their customer is enjoying their product.

I hope you have a fantastic time on your honeymoon and hope you both all the best & hope you enjoy your stay over here.

Kind regards,

Adam.

Thank you Mikkel, There will be a special feature in the upcoming Model Rail magazine, issue 200, whereby George Dent will demonstrate how to construct the Barclay kit. And in issue 202 George will complete the kit with his spectacular painting skills. I was very excited and thrilled when I was first approached for these features and still am, as shown by the link kindly supplied by Milkkel, we are able to see how great a job George is doing, thank you Model Rail team.

Hello,

I have two announcements to make, firstly, the No.0458 Ironside 0-4-0st kit will be discontinued once the current batch (4 remaining at time of writing) have been sold, pending reintroduction if sufficient interest is shown.

Secondly, due to lack of interest, the GWR 3150 class 2-6-2t will not be proceeded with.

Thank you,

Adam.

Hi only just noticed your RSH 0-6-0 design is there any update on this? Got a spare Electrotren lurking about & been looking for something to put on it

Thanks

Adam

Hello Adam,

The RS&H 0-6-0t is still in the first development stage, but without too much delayI am hoping that this will be completed by the end of the month.

As such, I cannot confirm a release date.

Regards,

Adam

Good news!

Earlier than expected, both of the following models are now availabe;

Barclay 14" 0-4-0st with post-war cab

Barclay 14"0-4-0st with pre-war cab (optional open & enclosed cab rear)

please contact me ar arcmodels@fsmail.net to request an order form

Those who have made a pre-order should receive their model by next week

Hi all,

During the ensuing months since the establishment of my business, and through greater understanding of my customers, I have therefore decided to allow for pre-orders to be made at a more advanced date to availability than previously.

Therefore, I can now accept pre-orders for the latest model kit, the Andrew Barclay 14" 0-4-0st with post-war cab.

Please contact me via email at arcmodels@fsmail.net for the latest listings and pre-order form, cheques are preferable but Paypal is also accepted.

Kind regards,

Adam.

Good news!

Here are the first tantalising images of me next kit;

Barclay 14" 0-4-0st with post-war cab

This kit is designed to fit onto the Dapol and Hornby L&YR 'Pug' chassis

I am hoping to have this kit on sale at the end of spring/early summer

Thank you,

Adam.

Following on from my last post, I will have to add that any orders I would prefer to be mail orders, so if anyone is interested in purchasing any kits for the duration of this period, please send a SSAE to the following address;

For the latest listings and order form

Thank you,

Adam of ARC Models

Attention!

I would like to inform all of you that I am now in the process of a house move, services may be disrupted, but I aim to send out all orders within a week of payment

So please, do not feel discouraged, it just might keep me going, ha!

I would also be very interested in your kits. My big concern, however, is that I demand top quality slow running, and I'm an EM modeller. To get good slow running I use high ratio gearboxes such as the High Level Loadhauler Compact+ at 108:1, and the only way I see of being able to get this sort of drive train in a loco is by building the chassis myself.

 

If you were to investigate the production of scale chassis as well as the Bachmann Percy chassis etc., I suspect your market place would become far wider.Of course, I could be wrong - it has been known! 

 

Phil

Hello Phil,

It is an idea to create chassis for my kits, but this does defeat the two object of these kits, to produce low cost body kits designed to fit onto R-T-R chassis and create a useful prototype

And, to produce kit which are less difficult and more enjoyable to make and can therefore appeal to those just starting out

I remember one of my first kits was a DJH SNCF 240P, I managed to produce  a good model, but what a headache, I simply consider, by direct experience, that etched brass kits are for the more experienced modeller, after all, a soldering iron is mostly needed with whitemetal and brass kits whilst resin need only super glue.

But, anyway, thank you for your advice, but over time, I may consider producing my own chassis, but for the time being I'll stick with resin body kits

Kind regards

I'm really tempted by this series of locos, I've always fancied a small industrial layout, space being at a premium.

 

I can't remember ever seeing any drawings of industrial locos in the model railway press - are there any sources?

 

Also what filler do you use in your resin, or, to put it another way, would I have to invest in tungsten carbide cutting tools?

 

Regards

Occasionally Railway Modeller magazine does a feature on industrial locomotives, which also features a scale drawing, however, if no drawings of a prototype are available I gather as many dimensions available, even visiting and measuring a loco.

As for the production of my kits, you must understand that I am a little reticent in revealing the 'trade secret', but I can say that nearly every model has so far had to be taken with a different approach, yes, occasionally using tungsten cutting tools.

Regards.

Hi Adam,

 

Just been down to the Post Office in town to get my parcel as I missed the postie by about 5 minutes yesterday. Having a quick look at the castings and instructions, I can't see what glue you recommend although I am assuming superglue at the moment. Also now wondering if I have the correct donor for Bonnie Prince Charlie as you refer to the Bachmann H0 Percy. Is that the same as the Bachmann Junior 0-4-0ST (liveried as 'GREG' or GWR 311) which is the British equivalent of Percy but with a smokebox door instead of a face?

Yes, all my kits require just superglue to assemble

Regarding the Bonnie Prince Charlie kit, I recommend using the Bachmann H0 Percy chassis as the Bachmann Junior 'Greg' comes with an extra chip, which is for DCC running and I am concerned that there may not be enough room for both these chips, however, using this Junior chassis may be a little simpler as the eye-mechanism housing should not be filled with gears, thus making the removal less hampered

Thanks for that Adam, nothing against the Electrotren chassis other than the wheels seem to have quite deep flanges. I'll see if can find a drawing. What diameter are the wheels? That will be a start.

The diameter of the wheels, presuming for the donor model chassis, is 14mm which equates to a scale 3'4"

The 18" RS&H 0-6-0t has 3'8", so not too much difference, but I am not sure if some members of the same type had slightly smaller wheels of 3'6", but in 4mm scale this would be barely perceptible.

Interesting choice Adam, I would certainly be interested in one of those.

 

I guess that you have suitable drawings, would you be able to make copies of them available to purchasers of the kit? I ask because I would be looking to scratch build a chassis to fit under the resin body.

I am afraid that I have not located any drawings for this prototype, I simply use the age old method of taking the wheel diameter and using that as a guide for measurements, the wheel spacing I have not taken into consideration as this is a R-T-R chassis and so there was no need

But, I can say the Hornby Electrotren chassis has remarkably similar wheel spacing and at any viewing angle appears correct or near to, that is why I chose this prototype for use with this chassis

Yessss!!!!!!!! One of the 0-6-0 designs off my list!   As I have always wanted to recreate a loco which is close to home, but have not the courage or skill to modify or build my own. Will the kit have a curved bunker? So I would be able to create the RSH on the Avon Valley Railway! Would be amazing if you could create a kit for the same chassis of RSH 0-6-0st 'Moorbarrow'  in the future. She is top of my list as I was very lucky to get to driver for a day on the East Somerset Railway for my 18th! That would be a dream come true!

I am glad to have made some one happy

The first kit will have the straight back tender, as the image shows, but in the future variations will occure.

As for 'Moorbarrow', the chassis required would be the Hornby Electrotren 0-6-0st chassis, which makes sense as the ballast weight is inside the saddletank and not on either side of the motor which the 0-6-0t chassis has.

I am pleased to announce my first 0-6-0t

Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn

This resin kit will be designed to fit onto the Hornby Electrotren/Jouef 0-6-0t chassis

Price TBA

Availability TBA

What Donor Chassis does that loco use? 

This kit is designed to fit onto both Dapol and Hornby L&YR 'Pug' chassis

GOOD NEWS!

The 9" Andrew Barclay is now available!

Please contact me at arcmodels@fsmail.net to request an order form

Here is a suggestion for you.

The southern 0756 or 0757 class could be a suggestion for a kit based on the electrotren chassis as it appears similar wheelbase and design and would be of interest to southern modellers such as myself and would also nicely compliment your ironside kit for obscure southern locos.

Link for some info on the class: http://www.semgonline.com/steam/PD&SWJR.html

OliverSR

Both are curtain prototypes I will hopefully produce in the future, being a southerner, I do have a soft spot for all thing Southern, but, I refuse to show any professional bias, but thank you Oliver for your suggestions. 

I would like to add that the Andrew Barclay 14" 0-4-0st kit is now Sold Out pending improvements and the inclusion of a fully enclosed cab rear.

Also, the 9" Andrew Barclay is expected early in March.

Thank you.

Many thanks for your answer to my question. What's done about the cylinders? I would imagine there's plenty of room for Liquid Lead or similar?

Although there is plenty of weight, as these kits are designed to reuse the ballast weight from the donor model, it is possible to fill the area in front of this weight in the smokebox area, but not too much otherwise the loco might become unstable.

Hi there, already built an 0458 and about to begin on the 14", is there any chance of another run of the SECR H class at all? 

I am glad to hear that you are enjoying my kits, unfortunately, regarding the H class, due to increasing demand on improving current kits and in the development of new ones (yet to be announced), I am afraid that I cannot spare the time.

I am sorry to disappoint you.

 

 

The Junior 0-6-0 chassis that comes with the 0-6-0 saddle tank (for example Greg), and I think its the same one with the diesel, is roughly about right (with the obvious exception of being inside cylinder) for a North London Tank. I make it about 0.5mm too big in wheel diameter (4'6" compared to 4'4") and the wheelbase appears to be 5'9"+5'9" while the NLR tank is 5'8"+5'8".

 

Drawings of the NLR tank are on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrailway/8245782886/sizes/o/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrailway/8244715397/sizes/o/in/photostream/

 

 

The Thomas/Stuart 0-6-0 chassis appears to be 5'3"+5'3" again with 4'6" wheels which to be rarer combination. 

Thank you for doing the work for me, I have never seen these diagrams before, only one question, will a kit of this prototype sell? Surely the class is famed for some of their work on the Cromford & High Peak Railway and No. 58850 preserved on the Bluebell, so lets hear it, how many of you would want a kit?

I am pleased to announce that I can now offer a service for SSAE, please send to the following address for the latest listings and order form;

I have not as yet been able to provide this service as I am currently in the middle of a move, but I have found that this is not actually a problem as Royal Mail can redirect post  

This is also why you have not seen any of my adverts, yet.

Regards,

Adam.

Any 0-6-0s in mind for the Bachmann Junior/Thomas 0-6-0 chassis?

I don't have any specific at the moment, but there are a few possibilities, however you are welcome to name a few, it will give me an idea of which one to start with. 

Have you considered basing an 0-6-0 industrial body kit around the Electrotren chassis? Like a Hudswell Clarke side tank for instance?

 

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/foxfield/Hudswell_Clarke_0-6-0T_NCB_No140_Caverswall_Road_15July2005.JPG

 

 

Paul A.

Absolutely, there are numerous 0-6-0t designs of which I am planning to produce and with this chassis, however, once I have completed some other kits I am in the middle of, but more on them later.