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27th September, 2021
Heljan Class 52 Sprung Bogie Kit now on sale.
See here for descriptions of the kits.
You can look at the instructions here (pdf) or here (html).
29th May, 2021
We can now accept orders for our new kits for the Heljan Class 52.
See here for descriptions of the kits.
You can look at the instructions here (pdf) or here (html).
1st August, 2019
Rail Express No. 279 (August 2019) Modelling Section completes the series of articles from Nos. 278 (July) and 277 (June) which feature an EM build of our bogie kit for the Bachmann Class 37.
23rd May, 2019
Rail Express No. 277 (June 2019) Modelling Section features an EM build of our bogie kit for the Bachmann Class 37.
28th November, 2018
Pendon Museum's special exhibition, "BRITISH 4MM FINE-SCALE RAILWAY MODELLING", comes to an end this weekend, December 1st/2nd, with two special showings at the museum: a visit by the P4 layout 'BODMIN' and a 'DIESELS IN THE VALE' event.
More details on Pendon's Website
4th June, 2018
Pendon Museum, in conjunction with the Scalefour Society, is staging a special exhibition, "BRITISH 4MM FINE-SCALE RAILWAY MODELLING", running until December 2nd. It charts the development of finescale railway modelling from Edwardian times to the present, and includes a diesel locomotive fitted with one of our kits.
More details on Pendon's Website
5th May, 2017
Bachmann Class 66 sprung bogie kits, now available.
Instructions here (html) and here (pdf).
29th December, 2016
New Class 40 and Peak 1Co-Co1 sprung bogie kits, now available.
Class 40 instructions here (html) and here (pdf).
Peak instructions here (html) and here (pdf).
22nd September, 2016
First details and photos of the new Class 40 and Peak 1Co-Co1 sprung bogie kits, now expected to be on sale before the end of this year.
16th July, 2016
Added photos to Gallery page:
- our sprung Kestrel at Cornwallis Yard (ExpoEM) and Wibdenshaw (RailEX),
- our Class 25 at Rolvenden (RailEX).
24th June, 2016
Trade stand at Expo EM North now confirmed.
We will be visiting LarkRail, in Bath, on 16th July. Contact us if you would like to order any kits to pick up at the show.
17th January, 2016
Falcon and LMS10000/1 sprung bogie kits now available.
Links to instructions PDFs:
Falcon
LMS 10000/1.
11th September, 2015
Updates on latest progress with Falcon and LMS10000 kits.
A new page on obtaining spiral bound hard copies of the pdf instructions files, using a third party service.
Added a News Archive page.
14th May, 2015
Kit instructions now available as self-contained downloadable pdf files, via this link.
16th April, 2015
Heljan Class 47 and Lion sprung bogie kits now available.
More at these links:
47 Details
47 Instructions
Lion Details
Lion Instructions
24th February, 2015
New New! New!! Sprung bogie kits for Heljan Classes 26, 27 and 33 (BRCW Types 2 and 3) are now available.
Details here, instructions here.
Now taking orders for Heljan 47, Falcon and Lion kits, available soon.
20th July, 2014
Thank you to all concerned for the wonderful hospitality shown at LarkRail down in Bath yesterday, most especially to Simon and his family from the Titfield Thunderbolt.
Now taking orders for our Hymek sprung bogie kit, which will be released over the next week or so.
11th July, 2014
We'll be at Larkrail, in Bath, on Saturday 19th July. We'll be running some sprung diesels on Allt-y-Graban Road, and demonstrating assembly of our kits. Let us know if you'd like us to deliver any kits to the show, P&P free.
Now taking orders for our Hymek sprung bogie kit, which will be available over the next couple of weeks.
28th May, 2014
There is an in-depth review of our Class 25 suspension kit in the latest Model Railway Journal, issue No. 231.
Now taking advanced orders for our Hymek sprung bogie kit. It should be available during July.
15th April, 2014
Just returned from the excellent Scalefour North at the new venue. Latest test etches for 26/27/33 and 35 arrived today.
15th February, 2014
First views of forthcoming kits for Heljan 26/27/33 now available here.
Also a bit of a spring clean around the site, with new 37 pics, and customer reviews.
3rd December, 2013
Now confirmed that we will be attending Expo EM at Bracknell next May.
30th October, 2013
Our Kestrel has gone EM. New photos here.
