MAENOFFEREN TANK WAGON

Our sixth rolling stock kit has been released, and also our smallest.

This is a model of a very unusually-shaped tank waggon which is now part of the heritage fleet on the Ffestiniog Railway.

It was recovered from the Maenofferen slate quarry, one of the railway's customers, and restored at Boston Lodge Works.

This kit includes a two part tank body cast in solid resin, and for the chassis uses parts from the Dundas 3-ton slate waggon, which are included in the kit, and is simple to glue together.

The kit is being sold for £20 plus postage costs.

It is available direct from us, and Narrow Planet will shortly be taking stock of them to be sold through their website.

FR Van 51

It's been a long while since the last post but we haven't gone away. We've been quietly working away on a new kit for FR infrastructure Van 51 in its current condition.

We're now ready to start taking orders for these castings. The kit is designed to run on the Dundas FR quarryman's carriage chassis - as is the real thing - which is available as a separate unit from Dundas Models.

We had hoped to provide a bespoke etch for the handrail on the balcony but this has not been possible to arrange yet, but we're going to go ahead with offering the body casting anyway.

What you get with the kit is the four sides of the main body, a floor which locates a cut-back Quarrymans chassis, a balcony steps casting and a casting to help you form a styrene roof skin (but there is nothing to stop you using brass if you wish.)

We are offering these castings for £25 + postage - please email us at the address on the site if you would like to place an order.