Currently available models
(Not suitable for children under 14 years of age)
4mm scale '00' gauge (16.5mm)
NEW! 4 wheel open top car
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel open top car by the United Electric Car Co. Ltd., of Preston in 1899.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price: £34.00
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel electric tram, numbered 1, 2, 4, and 5 in the Luton fleet, originally built as 'low height' open top cars by The Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works Ltd., of Preston in 1899.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price: £34.00
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel electric tram, The Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works Ltd., of Preston in 1899.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price:
£52.50
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel electric tram, The Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works Ltd., of Preston in 1899.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price: £52.50
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel balcony top car 10 built for Bolton Corporation by The Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works Ltd., of Preston in 1899 and top covered by 1914.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price: £52.50
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel balcony top car 45 built for Bolton Corporation by The Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works Ltd., of Preston in 1900 and top covered by 1914.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price:
£52.50
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel balcony top car 82 built for Bolton Corporation by The Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works Ltd., of Preston in 1903 and top covered by 1914.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price:
£52.50
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel balcony top car 46 built for Bolton Corporation by The Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works Ltd., of Preston in 1900 and top covered in 1903.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price:
£52.50
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
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This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel balcony top car 1 built for Bolton Corporation by The Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works Ltd., of Preston in 1899 and top covered by 1914.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price:
£52.50
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley mast and pole.
This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a 4 wheel electric tram, numbered 1, 2, 4, and 5 in the Luton fleet, originally built as 'low height' open top cars by the United Electric Car Co. Ltd., of Preston in 1907/8 and then fitted with Brush top covers in 1929.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price: £43.75
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley pole.
This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of the three Newcastle balcony bogie cars, originally built by Hurst Nelson & Co. Ltd., of Motherwell, 96, 105 and 108 rebuilt with top covers from open top cars in 1905/7. Parts are also included to enable car 108 to be constructed in its vestibuled form.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit as well as alternative parts to make one model of several different prototypes. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price:
£61.75
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley pole.
This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of one of the Leeds Hamilton Balcony cars converted to fully enclosed by Leeds City Transport in the 1930's.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price: £47.50
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a bow collector.
This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model one of the single deck bogie cars built to operate through the Kingsway Subway. Cars 552 to 567 were built by Dick, Kerr & Co. in 1906. Trucks to the L.C.C. pattern were supplied by Mountain & Gibson and controllers were supplied by Dick, Kerr & Co. The cars were withdrawn in 1930 after closure of the Kingsway Subway for reconstruction to take double deck cars.
The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price: £34.00
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised trucks, window glazing material, and controllers.
This Etched Brass
Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of one of the single deck bogie
cars built to operate through the Kingsway Subway . Cars 568 to 601 were
built by the Brush Electrical & Engineering Co. in 1906. Trucks to the
L.C.C. pattern were supplied by Mountain & Gibson and Controllers were
Westinghouse Electric type T2A. The cars were withdrawn in 1930 after closure of
the Kingsway Subway for reconstruction to take double deck cars.
The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
Price: £34.00
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised trucks, window glazing material, and controllers.
This Etched Brass Tram Body kit builds a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of a typical 4 wheel open top electric tram built by the Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage Works, Preston in the early 1900's.
The kit is designed to take a BEC or ABS motorizing kit (not included). Seats for the upper deck are included in the kit as well as alternative parts to make one model of several different prototypes. The kit is designed to be put together by soldering but epoxy resin adhesive or superglue could be used but needs previous experience in building etched brass kits and is not suitable for the inexperienced or children.
The photo shows models, constructed from two kits, of two different Rochdale Corporation trams although this type of tram was used on many other tramway systems in the British Isles.
Price: £32.00
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.4mm wire for the handrails, truck side frames, motorised or unmotorised truck, window glazing material, controllers and a trolley pole.
This
etched brass sheet makes a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of one of the 140 or so trams built
by English Electric and Hurst Nelson from 1930. The E3 class were mounted
on EMB Maximum Traction bogies.
Price: £65.75
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.45mm wire for the handrails, trucks, wheels, window glazing material, controllers and trolley poles.
This
etched brass sheet makes a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of one of the 50 trams built
by English Electric from 1930. Class HR2 was
mounted on EMB roller bearing equal wheel bogies.
Price: £65.75
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.45mm wire for the handrails, trucks, wheels, window glazing material, controllers and trolley poles.
This
etched brass sheet makes a 4mm: 1 foot scale model of one of the 60 trams built
by English Electric from 1930. This class of HR2 was
mounted on EMB radial bearing equal wheel bogies.
Price: £62.00
each
To complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.45mm wire for the handrails, trucks, wheels, window glazing material, and controllers.
This kit
makes a scale model of one of the 100 Type Z open top tramcars
numbered 1 to 100, built in 1900 by Geo. F. Milnes & Co. Ltd., of
Hadley, Shropshire, and those numbered 212 to 236, built by the Hurst,
Nelson & Company Ltd. of Motherwwell, Lanarkshire, for the London
United Electric Tramways (LUT) for use on the services between Shepherds
Bush and Kew Bridge and between Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith. The cars
were delivered in “venetian red and white” livery, although from 1909
most cars were repainted in “vermilion red and white”.
Kit
comprises all body parts to make either of two versions.
Requires
white metal stairs, controllers, trolley standard and pole, trucks and
brass wire for handrails etc.
Price: £23.50 each
The
Type U tramcars were converted from the original open top Type W cars in
1910-11. Reference should be made to photographs before starting this
model, as there were a number of variations over the years.
The
kit
comprises all body parts only. To complete the model it will be necessary
to obtain
white metal
controllers, a trolley pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc.
Price: £35.00 each
The
Type Y tramcars were converted from the original open top Type Z cars in
1910-11. Reference should be made to photographs before starting this
model, as there were variations over the years.
The
kit
comprises all body parts only. To complete the model it will be necessary
to obtain
white metal
controllers, a trolley pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc.
Price: £35.00 each
The
first four wheel production cars, 107 - 276 were built by Brush, and 277
– 436 were built by Milnes from 1901. Milnes cars are identifiable by
their cut away dash-plates. Cars were also built with either Peckham
Cantilever or Brill 21E trucks and either BTH or Dick, Kerr controllers.
There were at least eight different variations of this car in existence.
Kit
comprises all body parts to make either Brush or Milnes versions.
Requires
white metal controllers, trolley standard and pole, trucks and
brass wire for handrails etc.
Price: £25.25 each
Many
of the open top four wheel cars were given top deck covers in 1906-7.
Kit
comprises all body parts.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £36.50 each
Manchester
Corporation Tramways built 30 cars from 1912. These differed from
the earlier cars, having glass ventilators and lower saloons.
Kit
comprises all body parts.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £39.25 each
Nineteen
four wheel cars were rebuilt into totally enclosed “small glass house
type” cars between 1921 and 1924, numbers 126, 129, 133, 135, 136, 156,
178, 185, 249, 260, 288, 313, 317, 325, 339, 373, 401, 418 and 423.
Kit
comprises all body parts.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £46.50 each
The
first production batch of 50 bogie cars, 188 - 237, were built by Brush
from 1901.
Kit
comprises all body parts.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £34.50 each
A
batch of
bogie cars, in the series 549 – 648, originally built by Brush
from 1903 were later fitted with top covers of several different designs.
Kit
comprises all body parts excluding roof.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks, roof and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £57.00 each
Many
of the original 100 Brush built open top cars bogie cars were fitted with
top covers between 1904 and 1907.
Kit
comprises all body parts.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £44.75 each
This
kit makes a scale model of one of the 50 Brush built open top cars
bogie cars that were rebuilt by Manchester Corporation Tramways in 1919.
Kit
comprises all body parts.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £57.75 each
Manchester
Corporation Tramways built 38 cars between 1930 and 1932 in their Hyde
Road Works. These were withdrawn from service in 1948. The cars were
subsequently sold to other tramway operators, Aberdeen taking 14,
Edinburgh 11, Leeds 7 and Sunderland 6.
Kit
comprises all body parts excluding roof.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks, roof and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £35.00 each
Aberdeen Corporation purchased 14 of these cars from Manchester after they were withdrawn in 1948.
Kit
comprises all body parts excluding roof.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks, roof and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £35.00 each
Edinburgh purchased 11 of these cars from Manchester after they were withdrawn in 1948.
Kit
comprises all body parts excluding roof.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks, roof and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £35.00 each
Leeds purchased 7 of these cars from Manchester after they were withdrawn in 1948.
Kit
comprises all body parts excluding roof.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks, roof and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £35.00 each
Sunderland
purchased 6 of these cars from Manchester after they were withdrawn in
1948.Kit
comprises all body parts excluding roof.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley pole, trucks, roof and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £35.00 each
