Currently available models
(Not suitable for children under 14 years of age)
4mm scale '00' gauge (16.5mm)
NEW! "Preston" type 4 wheel open top car
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: £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, 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: £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, 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: £59.00
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.
One of the 150 Type W open top tramcars, numbered 151 to 211 and 237 to 300, built in 1902 by Geo. F. Milnes & Co. Ltd., of Hadley, Shropshire, and those numbered 212 to 236, built by the British Electric Car Company Ltd. of Trafford Park, Manchester, for the London United Electric Tramways (LUT) for use on the service between Shepherds Bush and Hampton Court. The cars were delivered in “Royal Blue” livery, although some cars, numbered 201 to 210 appeared in overall “white" In 1904 some were repainted in “chrome yellow and white” and in 1909 most cars were repainted in “vermilion red and white”.
Price: £22.00
each
To
complete this model additional parts will be required. Lengths of 0.45mm
wire for the handrails, trucks, wheels, window glazing material,
“Robinson” platform staircases, controllers and a trolley pole. This
kit has been designed to use the David Voice (ex P.C. Models) Underfloor
maximum traction kit (M017)* in conjunction with the Close bogie adapter
(M018)*, the Tramalan Simple trolley pole kit for open top trams (T030)*,
two Robinson platform stairs (T026)* and two BEC Controllers (T006)*.
One of the 50 Type X open top tramcars numbered 101 to 150, built in 1901 by Geo. F. Milnes & Co. Ltd., of Hadley, Shropshire, for the London United Electric Tramways (LUT) for use on the Uxbridge Road service between Shepherds Bush and Ealing, later extended through to Southall. These cars were unusual in that, unlike the majority of British tramcars of the period that had a semi circular dash panel, they were originally built with a distinctive double convex - concave dash panel. The cars were delivered in an overall “white” livery, although this may have been “off-white” or light cream. At the time the service was extended to Uxbridge in 1904, the dash panels and waist panels were repainted in “Chrome” yellow. Sometime around 1908/9 most of these unusual dash panels were replaced with the more common half-round type and the cars were repainted in Vermilion red and white in common with other classes of car owned by the company although some of the cars retained their original dashes until they were scrapped in 1924.
Kit
comprises all body parts including etched brass stairs.
Requires white metal
controllers, trolley standard and pole, trucks and brass wire for
handrails etc
Price: £22.00 each
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: £22.00 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: £33.00 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: £33.00 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: £23.75 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: £34.25 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: £37.00 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: £43.75 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: £32.50 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: £38.00 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: £42.25 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: £54.50 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: £33.00 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: £33.00 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: £33.00 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: £33.00 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: £33.00 each
